Betty Wiley Stratton (1929 – 2022)

Betty Wiley Stratton of Front Royal, Virginia died at Commonwealth Senior Living on Thursday, April 21, 2022. She was 93 years of age. The funeral will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at First Baptist Church by Christy McMillan and Dr. Mark Jordan. The burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Stratton and her husband, Kirk, owned and operated Standard Supply and Equipment in Front Royal before their retirement. They were former owners of the Korner Shoppe, Kirk’s, and Howard Johnson Restaurants in Front Royal and Harrisonburg, VA. She was previously a prominent member of the Republican Party, where she had served as President of the Republican Women and Vice-Chairman of the Warren County Republican Com. She had served on the Warren Memorial Hospital Board and the Marathon Bank and United Bank Advisory Boards. She was a member of several Bridge Clubs, The Red Hatters, and Friends Together. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Mrs. Stratton was born on April 9, 1929, in Ellicott City, MD., daughter of the late Alfred F. and Alice Mills Wiley. She was educated in Maryland, Georgia, and Virginia. She was a graduate of Warren County, Roller Business College, and Weaver’s School of Real Estate. She is survived by three children, Gary D. Hickerson (Deanna), Wendy Hickerson (Lee), and Cathy Ann Stoner (Craig); her three step-children, Duane Stratton, W.K. Stratton (Maureen), and J. Ross Stratton (Sherrie); her step-son in law, Rich Humphreys; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her husband, W. Kirk Stratton; her 5 brothers, William Wiley, Donald Wiley, Vernon Wiley, James Hawk, and Maynard Hawk; two sisters, Edna Reid and Gerry Huff; and her step-daughter, Kirklyn Humphreys.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

The family will receive friends at Maddox Funeral Home from 4-6 P.M. on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, 14 W First St., Front Royal, VA. 22630, or Warren County Humane Society at 1245 Progress Dr. Front Royal, Virginia 22630.