Betty Derryberry

Betty Derryberry, age 93, longtime Columbia pharmacist, died Monday, April 23, 2018, at Morning Pointe. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Owens and John Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to Columbia Academy, 1101 West Seventh Street, Columbia, TN 38401 or The King's Daughters' School, 412 West Ninth Street, Columbia, TN 38401. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com.Betty was born in Centerville, TN but moved to Columbia as an infant when her father opened Derryberry Dependable Drugs. She attended Tennessee Technological University and received her pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Betty was a longtime Columbia pharmacist and co-owner of Derryberry Drugs until it was sold to CVS. In 1962, she was the first female pharmacist in Tennessee to be awarded the Bowl of Hygeia Award, among many other awards; and she continued to work as a pharmacist in the Middle Tennessee area well into her 80's. Betty was a devout Christian and a lifetime member of West Seventh Church of Christ.Survivors include a sister-in-law, Susan Thompson Derryberry of Shelbyville, TN; nephew, Walter Carlisle (Linda) of Ashland, OR; nieces, Dorinda Carlisle Smith (Brant) of Franklin, TN, Nancy Carlisle Englehardt (Edward) of Holmes Beach, FL, Susan Derryberry Bounds (William) of Dallas, TX, Ann Derryberry Carter (Daryl) of Lexington, KY, Martha Derryberry Condra (Jeffry) of Birmingham, AL, Amanda Dodd Fitzgerald of Cleveland, OH and Mary Alice Dodd Madsen (Jerry) of Drigg, ID.She was preceded in death by her parents, Alice Selley Derryberry and James Westmoreland Derryberry, both of Columbia; by her siblings, Dorinda Derryberry Carlisle of Franklin, TN, John Selley Derryberry, MD of Shelbyville, TN, and Mildred Derryberry Dodd, of Sewanee, TN. Pallbearers will be Elders and Deacons of West Seventh Church of Christ.