Betty Joan Spires Buchan, 85, of Hortense, GA, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the home of her daughter in Townsend.

A funeral service will be held Monday, June 23, 2025, 6:30pm at Chapman Funeral Chapel with Brother Nick Roundtree officiating.  A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:30 until service time.  A private burial will be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Glennville.

Betty Jo was born August 29, 1939, in Valdosta, to Romeo Rozell Spires and Mary Elizabeth Swain Spires.  She had lived in Wayne County since 2009 and recently moved to Townsend after the death of her husband Don.  Betty Jo had worked in the Public School System as a para-professional until the birth of their youngest daughter, Shannon, at which time she became a full-time stay at home mom.

Survivors include her children; Tricia Horne (Jimmy) of Brunswick, Pamela Bauchman of Jacksonville Beach, FL, Angie Drew (Jim Hyde) of St. Simons Island, Donald A. Buchan, Jr., of Jacksonville, Charles Tiner (Vicky), Mary 'Missy' Buchan, all of Brunswick, and Shannon Durrence (Jimmie) of Townsend, grandchildren; Nick Roundtree (Courtney), Lauren Baker (John), Kennith Horne, Amber Thomas (Luther), James Drew (Susannah), Taylor Drew, Nicole Durrence, Dylan Turner, Jordan Durrence (Maddison), Tiffany Smith, Brooke Cooksey, Skylar Tiner (Hunter McDaniel), great grandchildren; Tristan Roundtree, Magnolia, Killian, & Ruari Baker, Aubrey Jane Thomas, Braden & Kashlynn Drew, Kellum, Thomas & Sammy Drew, Rhyleigh Durrence, K.C. Cason, Mariah Cameryn, and Kinston Cooksey, and numerous nieces and nephews and a brother; Dr. Don Spires.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Donald Alfred Buchan, a sister and a brother-in-law, Martha Jean and Jimmy Tucker, a granddaughter, Ashley Tiner and her first husband of 15 years Frazier Don Tiner.