Betty C. Cavin

Betty Carson (Hampton) Cavin, 100, of Independence, MO passed away on Saturday, November 20th at Rosewood Health Center. Memorial services will be 3:00 pm Wednesday, November 24th at Walnut Gardens Congregation of the Community of Christ Church. Visitation will be 6-8:00 pm Tuesday, November 23rd at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Cremation to follow. Interment in Mound Grove Mausoleum at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Outreach International. Betty was born to Homer Hampton and Matilda (Carson) Hampton in Frankfort, KY on September 17, 1904. Soon afterwards, her family traveled by wagon and train to Colorado where Betty was raised on a homestead in the sand hills near Wray. Mrs. Cavin was related to the famous frontiersman, Kit Carson. She moved to Hollywood, CA in 1925 where she met and married George Cavin in 1926. While in Hollywood, she worked as a waitress at the Coconut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel where she waited on stars such as Rudy Vallee, Richard Arlen, Claudette Colbert, Groucho Marx and others. She and George moved to San Gabriel, CA in 1940 where she remained until moving to Independence, MO in 1976. Her husband George died in 1970. Mrs. Cavin had been a resident of The Groves since 1993. She is survived by two sons, James of Portland, OR and Lawrence of Kansas City, MO; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Betty was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Kelley Cavin in 1990, and by all of her eleven brothers and sisters. The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the staff of The Groves for their loving care over the last 12 years and to the Good Shepherd Hospice for its care and support.