Bamberg County Native Betty Crethea Ayers Memorial Posted by Funeral Home

An obituary posted March 2, 2026 on Legacy.com by Boulding Mortuary, Inc. identifies Bamberg County native Betty Crethea Ayers — affectionately known as "Big Betty" — and lists a viewing and a service on Mar 7 at The Fairview Church, 465 S. Pine St., York, PA 17401, with a viewing from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and a service at 5:00 p.m.

The Legacy page presents a headline reading "Welcome to Betty's Legacy" and invites visitors to "Be the first to post a memory or condolences." Under the page's "How you can show support" section, the posting lists options to follow the page, receive email updates, send flowers, add photos and "plant trees" in her memory. The snapshot of the page shows "2 Entries" and the footer line "©2026 Legacy.com All rights reserved."

The obituary text on Legacy and on the funeral home's postings in social snippets includes the biographical line: "Betty Crethea Ayers, affectionately known as "Big Betty," was born on March 7, 1947, in Bamberg County, South Carolina, to Annette Grant Ayers and John Ayers. As the youngest of nine siblings, she was raised in a home filled with strong family..." That sentence appears verbatim on the Legacy posting attributed to Boulding Mortuary, Inc.; the excerpt provided on the page is truncated after the phrase "strong family."

Boulding Mortuary, Inc. is credited as the poster on Legacy's event header, and the same birth and parental details appear in a Facebook repost and a separate Bouldingmortuaryinc fragment that repeats the obituary wording. The event entries on the Legacy page show only "Mar 7" for the viewing and service dates; the posting date for the obituary and the event entries is March 2, 2026, but the Mar 7 event lines do not display an explicit year on the event entries themselves.

The Legacy posting does not include a date of death, an age at death, a cause of death, or a full list of survivors in the visible excerpt. The obituary's event information names The Fairview Church at 465 S. Pine St., York, PA 17401 for both the viewing and the service and gives the viewing time as 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and the service time as 5:00 p.m., as shown on the March 2, 2026 posting by Boulding Mortuary, Inc. Local requests for further details such as confirmed event year, complete obituary text, list of survivors, and burial arrangements would need to be directed to Boulding Mortuary or the family; those specifics are not included in the Legacy posting excerpt.