Mary Elizabeth (Betty) (Allen) Pettis, 74, of Effingham and formerly of McLeansboro, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield. She operated Bettys Coffee Shop in Effingham for several years. Pettis was born Nov. 9, 1931, in Wyatt, Mo. She married Lorine Allen, who is deceased, and later married John Pettis of Effingham who survives. Funeral services were held Monday at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with the Rev. Robert Sefried officiating. Burial was at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Broughton. Mrs. Pettis is survived by son, Roger Allen, and wife Gene, of Effingham; daughters, Karen Schoonover, and husband Steven, of Red Oak, Texas, Gail Spencer of Minonk, Kim Widmer, and husband David, of Washington, Ill.; brothers, Charles Hutchcraft, and wife Gladys, of Arlington, Texas, LeRoy Parker, and wife Mary, of Ft. Worth, Texas, Dwight Parker, and wife Helen, of Moweagua, and Robert Parker, and wife Evelyn, of McLeansboro; sisters, Iona Kessler of Effingham, Nadine Hunter, and husband Sam, of Yermo, Calif., and Arlene Parker of Salem, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, first husband, one son, Thomas David Allen; one grandchild, one sister, Alma; and two brothers, James Hutchcraft and John Calvin Parker.