Deaconess Alcora "Betty" Saunders, 91 of Bedford, departed this life on Sunday, November 27, 2022. She was born in Bedford County on December 20, 1930 to the late John Woody Garrett and Alcora Brown Garrett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Deacon George M. Saunders; son George E. Saunders; sisters Sylvia Ann Harvey and Shirley Hill; brothers John Willie, Everett, Frill, Ezell, Frank, Odell, Samuel and David Garrett.

Deaconess Alcora Saunders, affectionately known as "Betty", joined Mt. Olivet Baptist Church at an early age. She taught children's Sunday School and she was also a janitor at the church. Betty went to school for typing and she also took electrical classes. In her free time, she loved to fix hair in the neighborhood.

Those left to cherish her memories are: her children Laurie Hurt (Wiley), Lenora Gulley and Elvis Saunders, Sr. (Sharesse) all of Bedford, VA; grandchildren Kevin (Becky), Elvis Jr., Bryan (Della), Johnathan, Carlos (Melody), Christopher (Stephanie), Galin and Stephanie; great grandchildren Kysaiah, Elayna, Jeremiah, Evie, Josiah, Leira, Carlashia, Jaalen (Hannah), Jordyn, Ava and Hendrix; three sisters: Vonnie Moon of Altavista, VA, Mary Kitty Taylor of Wilmington, DE and Margaret Moon of Lynch Station, VA; a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,

we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens"

~2 Corinthians 5:1