Bettye Laura Towns, 78, of Riesel, passed away Sunday August 15, at a local nursing home. Services will be 2 pm Wednesday August 18 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Riesel cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Tuesday August 17 at the funeral home. Bettye was born July 10, 1932 in Waco to Earnest Thomas and Lillye Viola (Watkins) Mitchell. She was a homemaker and a member of Evergreen Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Eston "E.B." Towns in 1987, daughter Debra Kaye Eaton in 2000, brother Charles Earnest Mitchell and her parents. Survivors include her daughter Linda Horn and husband Kenneth of Bellmead; son Tommy Towns and wife Darlene of Riesel; sister Dortha Louise Alligood of Robinson; brother Kenneth Lee Mitchell of Dallas; 10 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Keith Horn, Kevin Horn, Tommy Towns, Scott Aulin, William Eaton and Billy Watson. The family would like to express a special Thank You to Crestview Manor and Providence Hospice for their care and support.