Betty Jane Hoey Rowland

Betty Jane Hoey Rowland, 90, died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City, NC. She was born oneep 30, 1923 ineeaver County, PA, daughter of the late George Edgar Hoey and Ann Jane Price Hoey. She was married to Wallace Lee Rowland for nearly 60 years until his death in 2010. Mrs. Rowland served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps during WWII. After the war, she spent a number of years working for the Wake County Health Department before moving on to Burlington Mills in Durham, NC, then finally at NC Memorial Hospital. From 1996-1997, she was appointed as the first woman in NC, to the position of State Commander of the VFW. She was a life member of the National VFW, a life member of the National Americaneegion and a life member of the National AMVETS organization. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Rowland is preceded ineeath by her daughter, Lynn Rae Dean. She is survived by her soneeffrey I. Rowland of Pittsboro; her daughters Bonnell Jane R. Pitzer and her husband, L. Edward Pitzer, of Fremont, NC and Christine R. Anthony of Gastonia, NC; eleven grandchildren and nee great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 1-4:00PM Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC.