Betty Jean Perry Simms loving mother of Johnnie Simms and Susan Marsh, sibling to Jessie Rogers a grandmother to three passed peacefully on Feb.25, 2005 in her daughters home at 2305 Concord Circle in Harrisburg. Betty was 71. Her services will be in the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Friday at 11AM in Raleigh, N.C.with viewing at 9:30. The final transition of her life will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Durham, N.C.