Elizabeth “Betty” Hulse, age 94, of Inverness, FL, passed away on August 8, 2024. She was born in Waynesville, North Carolina, to Verne Phillips Messer and William Carl Messer.
GiGi, as she was lovingly known to her family, was a wonderful mother, but she really excelled at being an awesome grandmother. She and her late husband, Buddy Hulse, known as Poppa, helped to raise their six grandchildren enabling their parents to work. She kept the grandkids well fed, giving some of them first dinners before they went home for the day, and they especially loved her grilled bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches. She had a sharp wit and somehow seemed to always “win” at gin rummy. She made sure her pantry, a/k/a the general store, was always fully stocked for the family to go “shopping” when they needed some ingredient they had forgotten to buy or if the kids had a late-night school project, she always had just what they needed. GiGi loved to sew and made lots of Halloween costumes for the kids over the years. She also loved crafting and was an avid reader. And she was a most excellent Southern cook.
She was predeceased by the love of her life, Clyde “Buddy” Hulse, who she has greatly missed for six years. She is survived by her daughters, Linda Smith and Gail (Barry) Fiske, both of Inverness; her grandchildren, Amy Coleman, Robin Anderson, Sam (Beth) Fiske, Bobby Smith, Steven (Samantha) Fiske, and Sarah Fiske; and 7 great grandchildren, Samantha, Kyle, Taylor, Jackson, Ryder, Payton, and Wyatt, the newest member of her family who she recently got to meet.
Her family will be celebrating her life in a private ceremony in the beautiful home she and Poppa built by hand themselves. The Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home With Crematory assisted the family
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