Betty Bob Jackson Ames was born February 29, 1924 in Fayetteville, Arkansas and died July 16, 2015 in Springfield, Mo. She was the daughter of Robert Fulton Jackson and Annie Currie Eidson Jackson. Her ancestors immigrated from Ireland in 1730 and she was a descendent of President Andrew Jackson's brother and Archibald Yell, the first senator and second governor of Arkansas. She graduated from Fayetteville High School at 16 and attended the University of Arkansas majoring in dance and drama. World War II interrupted her education when she married Melvin Ross Ames who left school to join the Army Air Corps. During the war she made several cross-country train trips to visit her husband at various military bases prior to his deployment to Hawaii. Like many young women during the war, she lived with her parents and her first child was born in 1944 while her husband did not return until 1946. He died suddenly in 1960 and Betty, who had never held a paying job, was left with two young children and her husband's partnership in a new business venture, Sherm Lollar Lanes. She began work when the business opened in August 1960 and, despite being a woman in a male-dominated field, became general manager, a position she held for many years. She was also active in state and national organizations and was the first woman president of the Missouri Bowling Proprietors' Association. In her retirement years she traveled extensively. She was a member of King's Way Methodist Church for almost 60 years, an active participant in the Cooper Estates women's exercise class and a faithful member of the line dancing class at Doling Senior Center for many years. Betty is survived by her two children Judy Ann Cravens (Richard) and William Robert Ames (Kathy); two grandchildren, Katie Elizabeth Jennings (Travis) and Robert Ross Ames (Crystal); three great-grandchildren, Kaden and Samantha Ames and Martin Jennings; a sister, Mary Jane Rankin of Russelleville, Ark.; two step-grandchildren, Todd and Sherman Cravens and three step-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held at 1pm followed by the funeral at 2 pm on Tuesday, July 21 at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home in Springfield, Mo with burial in Fayetteville, Ark. Betty was a two time breast cancer survivor and donations to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, 330 N. Jefferson Ave., #B, Springfield, MO 65806 are welcome. Betty's family is grateful to the staff of The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek who gave such loving care and friendship during her last years as well as Good Shepherd Hospice, especially Maggie and Lyneel, who will always be remembered for their care during Betty's last days.