Ruth Elizabeth (Betsy) TALBOT

Female 1942 - 2018  (75 years)


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  • Name Ruth Elizabeth (Betsy) TALBOT 
    Birth 16 Oct 1942  Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number
    Death 17 Sep 2018  Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremation Columbia,Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2  Marshall and Allied Families
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2019 

    Father Msgt. John Henry TALBOT, Sr.,   b. 23 Jan 1922, Camp Lewis, Pierce County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1986, St. Louis, St. Lewis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Gladys Maude JOHNSON,   b. 2 Feb 1924, Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 2001, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1942  Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F96  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David William MARSHALL, Sr. 
    Children 
    +1. Theresa Ann MARSHALL
    +2. Susan Elizabeth MARSHALL
     3. David William MARSHALL, Jr.
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2019 

  • Photos
    Talbot, Ruth Elizabety (Betsy)
    Talbot, Ruth Elizabety (Betsy)
    Marshall, David & Betsy (Ruth Elizabeth Talbot)
    David & Betsy sitting on a couch
    Marshall, David & Betsy
    David and Ruth Elizabeth Betsy Talbot) Marshall
    Marshall, Ruth Elizabeth (Betsy)
    Marshall, Ruth Elizabeth (Betsy)

  • Notes 
    • This is my wife. I don't need any other documentation about her. - David W. Marshall, Sr.


    • Betsy was in Palmetto Richland Hospital when she died. She was in the hospital for two weeks as they diagnosed her condition. It was Metastatic Breast Cancer. She declined rapidly and on Monday morning, September 17, 2018 she took her last breath.

      I was by her bed, along with my daughter, Susan, and my son, David, when she died. At about 10:30 am she became agitated and struggled for breath. She coughed raggedly and struggled to get a breath. Then she settled down for a few minutes. At 11:00 am she was again agitated and struggled to breath. She coughed two or three times, raised her head up off the bed and lowered it back down. She stopped breathing. I felt for her heart and it was not beating. She was gone.

      She was a good woman and worked with hundreds of children at Lexington United Methodist Church over the years, guiding their faith journeys.

      I miss her greatly.

      She was cremated and interred in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Main Columbarium II 3 C

      Find-A-Grave Memorial #193905448


    • Obituary of Ruth Marshall
      Ruth "Betsy" Talbot Marshall, 75, of West Columbia, loving wife of David Marshall Sr., passed away, Monday, September 17, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. She was born on October 16, 1942, in Hot Springs, Arkansas to the late John and Gladys Talbot. She received her nursing degree from the University of South Carolina in 1964 and worked at Baptist Hospital in Columbia. She later became a certified teacher and taught Special Education at Hopkins High School. After her children were born she taught kindergarten at Springdale Baptist Church. She loved the Lord and was a good and faithful servant. A member of Lexington United Methodist Church for 46 years, 'Miss Betsy? worked tirelessly with the Children's Education Ministry teaching hundreds of children. She was a quiet example to her children and all who knew her as one who loved the Lord, walking in obedience to him, keeping his commands, and serving him with all her heart and all her soul.

      In addition to her husband of 54 years, she is survived by three children, Ann Byess (Jeff), Susan Cafferty (Brendan) and David Marshall, Jr. (Amber); nine grandchildren, Joseph and William Parsons, Andrew Byess, Daniel Maltz, Reilly, Maggie and John Cafferty, and Katie and Zachary Moats; two brothers, John Talbot (Kathy) and Jim Talbot (Sinclair); two sisters, Nancy Tevepaugh (Steve) and Therese Talbot; and many nieces and nephews.

      The family will hold visitation in the Wesley Hall (gymnasium) at 1:00 p.m. followed by a memorial service in the sanctuary at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Lexington United Methodist Church.

      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lexington United Methodist Church, 309 East Main Street, Lexington 29072, Palmetto Health Hospice or the American Cancer Society.