BETTYE POST HOSTO

passed away on October 23, 2022. She was born on March 18, 1940 in Kingsland, Ark., to parents Ralph and Cleo (Davis) Post.

After graduating from Stephens High School in 1957, Bettye moved to Little Rock in 1959 and worked at Smith’s Country Club Drugstore where she met her husband, Lester Hosto, who was in his final year of Pharmacy School. They married April 23rd, 1961, and remained so until his death in 1995.

Bettye and Lester founded the local Optimist Club where Bettye coached many softball teams. She also played for several local softball teams as pitcher and she was known for an unusually high arc pitch which confounded opposing team’s batters.

While her children were young, she always served as room mother and volunteered for all school activities. She attended all their ball games, wherever and whenever they were held.

Bettye and Lester traveled often due to Lester’s involvement in national Pharmacy organizations. A highlight was their trip to Australia which she talked about often. She loved her yard and grew numerous types of day lillies and hostas which she shared with others. Her yard was such that passers-by would often stop and admire her work, talking with her for hours.

In later years, the lights of her life were her four grandchildren, who called her “Momo.” She was always available to care for them and spoil them rotten.

She suffered greatly the untimely deaths of her husband; her daughter, Donna Hosto Parker; and her grandson, Cole Andrew Parker.

She is predeceased by siblings, Monita White (Perry), Leon Post (Barbara), and Waybern Post (Sharon).

She is survived by her son, Bryan Hosto (Sherrill); her grandchildren, Kris Parker, Hayden Hosto, and Barrett Hosto; her sister, Rhoda Feagins (Orley), and numerous nieces and nephews. She was a member of Pinnacle View Methodist Church.

Visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. at Roller Chenal. Funeral services will be Saturday Oct, 29, at 10 a.m. also at Roller Chenal, followed by a brief committal service at Kennerly Cemetery in Roland.

Memorials may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF). To sign the online guestbook, please visit, www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.