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Betty Lee Neisler

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Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Joseph Andrew Neisler	10 NOV 1899	Annie Lee Miller	16 APR 1902

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
J.W. Timberlake		J.W. Timberlake Robyn Timberlake Victoria timberlake

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	11 JAN 1924
Marriage	1945
Graduation	1945	Mary Baldwin College
Death	7/17/2018	Southport, NC

Notes


Betty Neisler Timberlake, born Jan. 10, 1924 in Kings Mountain, departed this life June 17, 2019 at home with family and friends in Southport. The oldest of five children born to Joseph Andrew Neisler and Annie Lee Neisler Caveny, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Winston “Buck” Timberlake Jr.; a sister, Josephine Anne Neisler; and two brothers, Joseph Andrew Neisler Jr. (Marlene) and Robert Preston Neisler. She is survived by her brother, Hugh Miller Neisler (Jane); children Joseph Winston Timberlake III (Deveron), Robyn Timberlake Ruth (Bill, d.) and Victoria Timberlake Burton (Spunky, d.); and grandchildren Vicki Ruth Williams, Christy Ruth, Meris Burton Gantt, Joseph Samuel Timberlake, Kate Burton Wheeler, Emily Timberlake Hand, Melissa Burton and Ann Burton. Her great-grandchildren are, Nathan Royal Wheeler, James Harrison Gantt, Rowan Castle Hand, Thea Jade Fisher, Ava Louise Welch and Wilder McKay Hand. Betty believed strongly in the value of education. She often talked of her Liberal Arts studies that lit the fires of curiosity and her thirst for knowledge. A speech major, she graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1945 in Staunton, Va. where she was a trustee and a recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award and the Emily Smith Medallion. It was there, just weeks before graduation, that she met her beloved Buck. They married in the fall and celebrated 40 beautiful years together. Betty and Buck would return to Staunton in 1960, when he became vice president of the college. Her passion for art, history and travel would take Betty to many places around the world, but none more special than Lake Waccamaw and the friends and family so close to her heart. Betty was a visionary. Always community-oriented, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Rube McCray Memorial Library at Lake Waccamaw and remained an active board member and newsletter columnist. She had a leading role in the development and programming of the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum and was a longstanding member of her much-loved Lake Waccamaw Presbyterian Church. Betty was a lifelong activist for conservation and preservation of natural resources, as well as a herald for the many civic causes about which she was passionate. Writing letters to the editor, calling her congressmen and local representatives and speaking out at town board meetings were a part of her belief system. No one ever had to ask where Betty stood! Her love for Southport’s live oaks led her to sponsor, through the Neisler Brothers Foundation, the planting of nearly 350 trees throughout the town over the last 20 years. She was a past president and an ongoing member of the Southport Forestry Committee and founding board member of the Bald Head Island Conservancy. Betty loved all things beautiful, especially her birds. A dog-eared Peterson’s Field Guide and binoculars were always close at hand. Relishing the company of others, Betty loved a good party. She kept a case of wine in her trunk at all times and was always up for cards, Rummikub and conversation. It made her especially happy if you’d play her for money. In the world according to Betty, strong opinions were freely given and welcomed from others. Her genuine interest in people endeared her to so many. Her “fun girls” of Waccamaw and the Canasta Queens of Southport kept her young and on the go in recent years. The family is deeply grateful to Teresa Hopkins FNP and for the love and compassion shown by caregivers Wendy Scarborough, Brooke Larson, Kindred at Home and Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center. A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 1 at Oakland Plantation, 120 Bermuda Drive, Council, N.C. 28434. Casual attire is encouraged. To honor Betty, wherever you may be, please go out and plant a tree.

Betty Neisler Timberlake, born Jan. 10, 1924 in Kings Mountain, departed this life June 17, 2019 at home with family and friends in Southport. The oldest of five children born to Joseph Andrew Neisler and Annie Lee Neisler Caveny, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Winston “Buck” Timberlake Jr.; a sister, Josephine Anne Neisler; and two brothers, Joseph Andrew Neisler Jr. (Marlene) and Robert Preston Neisler.

She is survived by her brother, Hugh Miller Neisler (Jane); children Joseph Winston Timberlake III (Deveron), Robyn Timberlake Ruth (Bill, d.) and Victoria Timberlake Burton (Spunky, d.); and grandchildren Vicki Ruth Williams, Christy Ruth, Meris Burton Gantt, Joseph Samuel Timberlake, Kate Burton Wheeler, Emily Timberlake Hand, Melissa Burton and Ann Burton. Her great-grandchildren are, Nathan Royal Wheeler, James Harrison Gantt, Rowan Castle Hand, Thea Jade Fisher, Ava Louise Welch and Wilder McKay Hand.

Betty believed strongly in the value of education. She often talked of her Liberal Arts studies that lit the fires of curiosity and her thirst for knowledge. A speech major, she graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1945 in Staunton, Va. where she was a trustee and a recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award and the Emily Smith Medallion. It was there, just weeks before graduation, that she met her beloved Buck. They married in the fall and celebrated 40 beautiful years together. Betty and Buck would return to Staunton in 1960, when he became vice president of the college.

Her passion for art, history and travel would take Betty to many places around the world, but none more special than Lake Waccamaw and the friends and family so close to her heart. Betty was a visionary. Always community-oriented, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Rube McCray Memorial Library at Lake Waccamaw and remained an active board member and newsletter columnist. She had a leading role in the development and programming of the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum and was a longstanding member of her much-loved Lake Waccamaw Presbyterian Church.

Betty was a lifelong activist for conservation and preservation of natural resources, as well as a herald for the many civic causes about which she was passionate. Writing letters to the editor, calling her congressmen and local representatives and speaking out at town board meetings were a part of her belief system. No one ever had to ask where Betty stood! Her love for Southport’s live oaks led her to sponsor, through the Neisler Brothers Foundation, the planting of nearly 350 trees throughout the town over the last 20 years. She was a past president and an ongoing member of the Southport Forestry Committee and founding board member of the Bald Head Island Conservancy. Betty loved all things beautiful, especially her birds. A dog-eared Peterson’s Field Guide and binoculars were always close at hand.

Relishing the company of others, Betty loved a good party. She kept a case of wine in her trunk at all times and was always up for cards, Rummikub and conversation. It made her especially happy if you’d play her for money. In the world according to Betty, strong opinions were freely given and welcomed from others. Her genuine interest in people endeared her to so many. Her “fun girls” of Waccamaw and the Canasta Queens of Southport kept her young and on the go in recent years.
The family is deeply grateful to Teresa Hopkins FNP and for the love and compassion shown by caregivers Wendy Scarborough, Brooke Larson, Kindred at Home and Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center.
A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 1 at Oakland Plantation, 120 Bermuda Drive, Council, N.C. 28434. Casual attire is encouraged.

To honor Betty, wherever you may be, please go out and plant a tree.

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