GRAFTON Bette Joyce Smith Myers, 92, lost her fight with cancer Jan. 15, 2021. She was 92.
Naturalized as a U.S. Citizen in 1954, Bette was born on April 28, 1928, in Maidstone, Kent, England. As a child, she survived The Blitz, an intense bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against the United Kingdom during World War II. She often reflected that Winston Churchill’s leadership and her father’s strength gained from his service as a cavalryman in the Queen’s 5th Royale Regiment during the Great War kept their family alive.
Bette was preceded in death by her parents; one niece; and husband, retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Samuel G. Myers, a Virginia native who served 30 years.