Betty Jo Fowler Spikes was born February 8, 1947, to Esther Lee Rhodes and Willie H. Fowler in Wiergate, Texas.

She attended and graduated from Wiergate High School. She worked numerous jobs throughout her lifetime, but the one she loved the most was working at Burkeville High School. She accepted Christ at an early age and attended New Greater Macedonia Baptist Church in Wiergate, Texas. Betty Jo was a soft-spoken person with a big heart. She was later married to Alfred Spikes, Sr., on May 14, 1966, where to this union, six children were born.

Betty Jo departed this life on Friday, December 11, 2020.  She was preceded in death by her mother, Esther Lee Rhodes; father, Willie H. Fowler; husband, Alfred Spikes, Sr.; daughters, Alfreeda Spikes and Charlotte Spikes; grandson, Tremon Spikes; sisters and brothers, Dorothy Mattox, Doris Fate Lewis, Mary Joyce Odoms, Larry Odoms, Harold Odoms, and Michael Charles Rhodes-Lewis.

Betty Jo leaves to mourn her passing: three sons, Alfred (Veronica) Spikes, Jr., of Jasper, Texas, Timothy (Myeisha ) Spikes of Beaumont, Texas, and Jeffery (Sonya) Spikes of Newton, Texas; one daughter, Sharitta Watson-Spikes of Newton, Texas; three sisters, Gwendolyn Kiel, Debra Rhodes, and Tina Rhodes-Lewis; one brother, Willie Rhodes-Lewis; grandchildren, Kwame Spikes, Jacquise Spikes, Tanisha Spikes, Ray Spikes, Chelsey Watson, Haleigh Spikes, Ladarious Spearman, and Jeffon Spikes; great-grandchildren, Jayden Spikes, Harlee Spikes, Kaysen Spikes, Elaysia Hartsfield, Edward Hartsfield III, Emanee Hartsfield, Emori Hartsfield, and Jayden Robertson; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A special thanks goes out to everyone who stopped by and checked on our mother.