Betty L. Manly-Garrett

Betty Erlene Lynn Manly-Garrett, wife of Charles Murray Garrett, died May 28, 2018. Born in Greenville County, the 7th of March, 1926, she was the daughter of Cora Lee Burns and John Frederick Lynn. She graduated from Winthrop College in 1947 with a double major in Education and Dietetics and in Institution Management. She also completed a one year post-graduate Dietetics Internship at Montefiore Hospital in New York City and post-graduate studies at Columbia University. She was employed in New York City hospitals until late 1949, when she returned to South Carolina as Assistant Dietician at Winthrop College. Betty married Charles J.F. Manly, Jr. in 1950 and later lived in Greensboro, N.C. with her family until 1989. While in Greensboro, she was a Public Health Nutritionist and Supervisor for Guilford County Health Department, and High Point Health Department in Guilford County. She was predeceased by her first husband and her brother Dennis Lynn of York, S.C. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Dr. Charles J.F. Manly, III and his wife Dr. Leah Reimer of Madison, Connecticut, and Dr. John Basil Manly and his wife Dr. Jody Todd Manly, of Rochester, New York. She is also survived by two step-daughters, Donna Blakeney and Katie Ward and one-step son, Bob Garrett, all of Greenville, three grandchildren and ten step-grandchildren, one sister, Evelyn Lynn Earle, of Greenville, and one brother, Fred Lynn of Taylors, SC. Betty was a lifelong artist and professional painter, a master gardener, an avid dancer, and a certified teacher. She was a charter member of the Furman University Learning in Retirement Program (FULIR, now OLLI) at its inception. She found joy in teaching watercolor painting, taking a variety of classes, and the association with Furman University through the years. A service will be held at the Howze Mortuary in Travelers Rest, on June 16, 2018 at 1:00pm. Family visitation will immediately follow the service at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 820, New York, NY 10016 or to the OLLI Program, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613 or to a charity of your choice. The Howze Mortuary, Travelers Rest is in charge of arrangements. (864) 834-8051

Betty L. Manly-Garrett

March 7, 1926 - May 28, 2018