Betty Annis
1946 — 2026
From the Oct 20, 2026 e-EditionPARIS — Funeral services for Betty B. Annis are at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, October 23, and from 10 a.m. until the service begins on Saturday. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Annis, 79, died Saturday, October 17, 2026, at AHC Vanayer Martin. She was born in Memphis on November 15, 1946. She was blessed with two mothers, Hazel Brown Reese and Mabel Clifton Brown; and her father, George W. Brown Sr. She retired from the Shelby Co. Sheriff’s Department and then worked at McKenzie Medical Center as an operator. She was a member of McLemoresville First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Hazel Brown Reese, Mabel Clifton Brown, and George W. Brown Sr.; and a great-grandson, Asher James Nolin.
She is survived by two sons, Michael L. Annis (Tina) of McKenzie and Steven Marc Annis (Cheryl) of Paris; three sisters, Charlotte Martin (Tommy) of Sharon, Polly Jenkins of Celina, Ohio, and Anita Jean Irvine (Steven) of Memphis; two brothers, Kenneth Reese (Patty) of California and Paul Reese (Michelle) of St. Louis; nine grandchildren, Kristen Wood (Donnie), Aleisha Annis, Dylan Nolin, Tiffany Grandowicz (Jonathan), Olivia Nolin, Zachary Annis, Steven Annis Jr., Noah Annis and Anna Annis; and three great-grandchildren, Syrina, Kayden and Elizabella.
Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. For more information, call 731-352-4848 or visit brummittmckenziefuneralhome.com.
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