On March 3, 2010 Betty Jo Nix, devoted wife of the late Weldon F. Nix, beloved mother of W. Ronald Nix and his wife Ann, Daniel C. Nix and his wife Sharon, and D. Randall Nix, loving grandmother of Emily, Grant, Thane, Shawn and Jessica and great grandmother of Lucy and Logan.

Friends may call the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26A) on Friday 4-7 P.M. Mrs. Nix will lie-in-state at North Harford Baptist Church (4008 Old Federal Hill Road Jarrettsville, MD 21084), on Saturday 10 till 11 A.M. at which time a funeral service will begin. Interment St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery (Monkton, MD). Family suggest all donations be sent to John Hopkins for Alzheimer's Disease Research make checks payable to Johns Hopkins University; Attn: Mabel P. Smith Department of Pathology Johns Hopkins Hospital Carnegie 489 600 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21287-6417. www.ruckfuneralhomes.com