Betty Lee Guthrie passed away on January 20, 2024, in Clear Lake Shores, Texas, at the age of 97, surrounded by her family.  She was born to Frankie Lee Kent and Frank Miller, Sr., on September 25, 1926, in Houston, Texas, the younger sister to Frank Miller, Jr., both raised in Houston.  She graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1942, where she was a member of the Gauchos, and was Drum and Bugle Major in 1941.

She began working for Anderson-Clayton and Company as the personal secretary of Mr. Frank Anderson.  She met the love of her life, Teddy K Guthrie, Jr., on a blind date in 1950 and they married on June 16, 1951, and resided in Houston.  Although she had enjoyed working, the focus of her life became her family.  In 1953, they moved to Clear Lake Shores, Texas, residing on the same block as her parents, and began their family.  In addition to raising four children, she enjoyed the outdoors, camping, fishing and crabbing, and became involved in the St. Mary’s Catholic Altar Society (in League City, Texas), the Clear Lake Shores Civic Club, and the Kemah/Clear Lake Shores Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Pumping Team.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, and youngest daughter, Christina Walker.  She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Teddy Guthrie, Jr., children Elizabeth Wells and husband Pruett, Melissa McCormick, and Thomas Guthrie and wife Julie, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

A Rosary service will be held at Crowder Funeral Home, 1645 East Main Street, League City, on Thursday, February 1, with visitation beginning at 5:30 pm and the Rosary at 7:00 pm, Deacon Pete Velasquez, officiant.  The Rite of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 1612 East Walker Street, League City, on Friday, February 2, at 10:00 am, Fr. John Rooney, celebrant.  The Rite of Committal will begin at 11:30 am at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dickinson, Texas.  Following the burial, a reception will be held at St. Mary’s Annunciation Hall.

Serving as pallbearers are Thomas Guthrie, Pruett Wells, Matthew McCormick, Mark McCormick, Daniel Guthrie, Stephen Wells, Michael Walker, Gabriel Walker, and John Walker.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in support of myasthenia gravis to the Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation at PO Box 4384, Houston, TX 77210-4384. To give by credit card, visit https://givingforms.houstonmethodist.org/GeneralGivingForm, select “Other” in the Gift Designation area, and then type in “Myasthenia Gravis.” or St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?frequency_selected=1&sc_icid=header-btn-donate-now.  Condolences may be sent to Crowder Funeral Home, 1645 East Main Street, League City, Texas 77573.