Betty Cawood Funeral services for Betty Cawood, 83, of Woodlawn will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 29, 2010 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall. Interment will follow in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Cawood passed away November 26, 2010 in Longview. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. at the Downs Funeral Home. Betty Cawood Funeral services for Betty Cawood, 83, of Woodlawn will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 29, 2010 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall with Bro. Tom Ratcliff and Albert Purnell officiating. Interment will follow in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Cawood passed away November 26, 2010 in Longview. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at the Downs Funeral Home. Betty Miller Cawood was born to Ruby Dunning Miller and Coy Miller, Sr. on November 22, 1927. She married Marvin Cawood on October 22, 1945, celebrating over fifty years of marriage before his death in January of 1996. She was the first woman to ever hold the position of District Clerk in Harrison County. She was also the first woman ever to be elected "Boss of the Year" by the Harrison County Legal Secretaries Association. She was a member of the District Clerk's Association of Texas, and the Marshall Business and Professional Women's Club. She lived in the Woodlawn Community for well over fifty years, was a member of the Pope City Baptist Church in Woodlawn, where she had served as church clerk and an adult Sunday School Teacher for over 20 years. Surviving Mrs. Cawood are her children Gayle Richardson, and Marvin Cawood, Jr. of the Woodlawn Community, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and a nephew. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Cawood, Sr. in 1996, and her brother Coy Miller, Jr. Serving as pallbearers will be her great grandsons, Kalen Glover, Colton Glover, Morgan Cawood, Connor Cawood, Collin Cawood, and Trey Foster. Donations may be made in her name to: Texas Baptist Men, 5351 Cantron Dr., Dallas TX 75227-9132 Or Gideons