Surprise, Surprise!
After more than 30 years as a realtor in DeKalb County, Betty Lattimore of the Real Estate Team retired last fall, but she was treated to a surprise retirement reception in her honor Tuesday afternoon at the home of Gina Denman in Smithville.
Family, friends, and co-workers including some bearing gifts, joined Lattimore for refreshments and to wish her a happy retirement.
Lattimore began her career as a realtor with the Sunbelt Real Estate Company and worked there for about four years before founding The Real Estate Team in the 1990s.
Betty said she had no idea when she showed up at Denman’s home Tuesday that a reception had been planned for her. “I was very surprised but thankful,” she said.
Lattimore said she worked with a lot of good real estate agents over the years and together they found homes and properties for many people in DeKalb and surrounding counties. Betty said she had no particular plans for retirement other than to perhaps do some traveling.
She is the mother to Dana Turner and Deddie Johnson and a grandmother.