Services for Betty M. Locklear will be held 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Leland Grove Freewill Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery directed by Cooper Funeral Home.  Visitation was held 7-9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Ms. Locklear, 82, died Friday, October 14, 2016 at McLeod Medical Center in Dillon.
Born in Dillon County, SC, December 24, 1933, she was the daughter of the late John Dallas Locklear and Lizzie Chavis Locklear.  She was a member of Leland Grove Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, Sandy Kay Bennett (William) of Maxton, NC, James A. Locklear, Wanda Jean Locklear, Peggy Locklear Branch (Larry), all of Little Rock, Tammy Locklear Berry (Tim) of Calhoun, GA, and Pamela Locklear McColl (John) of Clio; Tella Branch, granddaughter known as her babygirl; 23 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Ms. Locklear was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Rhonda Branch; and her brothers and sisters, Carson Locklear, Dora Chavis, Macie Barfield, Bud Locklear, Lee Locklear, Ed Gene Locklear, Monroe Locklear, Virgie Jones, Mary Elizabeth Owens, and Blondell Chavis.