Betty Scruggs

Cowpens, SC - - Betty Price Scruggs, 88, of 416 Oakdale Road, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Born in Cowpens, she was the widow of the late Sullivan L. Scruggs, Jr. and daughter of the late Fred Roland Price and Hester Clary Price. She was a retired beautician, a member of Eastside Baptist Church, and attended El Bethel Baptist Church.

She is survived by a son, Sullivan Scott Scruggs (Terri Lynn) of Cowpens; a daughter, Sherry Turner (David) of Cowpens; two sisters, Louise Davis (Eugene) of Woodruff and Rita Reynolds of Cowpens; five grandchildren, Autumn Harrell (Christopher), Coleman Scruggs, Grayson Whitehead, David Turner Jr. and Shane Hall, all of Cowpens; eleven great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Pamela Whitehead, a great-grandchild, Emberlee Harrell, five sisters, Rachel Kirby, Dorothy “Dot” Padgett, Fredree Davis, Nancy Scruggs and Sue Fowler, and two brothers, Arthur Price and Roy Price.

The family would like to extend special thanks to her caregiver, Jan Scruggs and Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

The family will receive friends from 6:00PM until 8:00PM on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at Blakely Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 in the Blakely Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Larry Melton officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to Center for Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome, c/o Office of Medical Development, 2700 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.

The family will be at their respective homes.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC