Birth date: Mar 27, 1938 Death date: Nov 26, 2025
Betty Young Russell, 87, passed away November 26th, 2025, surrounded by her family at her Germantown home. Betty held master’s degrees in music, teaching, and counseling and spent the first part of her career enriching the lives Read Obituary
Betty was a Treasure✝️Our Friendship began in English Meadows Garden Club. Loved Sharing Life Together and Will Love Sharing Heaven when God Calls Me Home…. I’m Sure I Will Find Her
“In The Beautiful Garden”🌺
But I also Loved Our Christmas at Her and Jamie’s Home🎄Betty had a Joyful and Giving Spirit and My Life Is Richer having Known Her As My Friend ❤️
This is a photo of Betty Young and her two children Richard Young, Jr., and Rodney Young taken on the occasion of her Senior Recital and Graduation from Memphis State University, May of 1968. Betty was my aunt by marriage to my mother's (Nancy Young Little) brother, Richard DeMedicis Young, Sr. I remember the first time I met Betty and she certainly made an impression. I was about five years old when my mother and I visited Betty at her work office in downtown Memphis. I remember meeting her and thinking '...she is so beautiful...' and she was just as nice as she was pretty. It was shortly thereafter I attended Richard and Betty's wedding. The ceremony was a blur and the reception was magical. The tiered cake was decorated with swirls of icing and painted flowers. Betty wore a gorgeous wedding gown and a radiant smile; she looked like a princess from a fairytale.
I remember her vivacious personality, her vibrancy, creativity and sense of presence. Her sons Richard and Rodney carry forward many of the attributes that made her who she was. She was a great lady who had a talent for life and will be missed.
Diane Little Moore
Atlanta, Georgia
BY was a trip, you never had to wonder what she was thinking. She told it like it was. She was such a good wife and caregiver to her husband and my brother. She and I would always go round and round in good sport and I loved her dearly. I will miss her dearly and loved her very much.
Brother-in-law Don
