Mrs. Bettie Thornton Young passed away on May 28, 2023 at 91 years of age. She was born in Liberty, MS to Charlie William and Lessie Caraway Thornton on April 17,1932. Bettie met the love of her life, Charles Raiford Young, Jr. and they married shortly after. Together, they traveled the East Coast from Pennsylvania to South Florida. She was a devoted wife that supported her husband in his career and a loving mother to three children; Charles Raiford Young, III, Myrtle Irene Young, and James Leroy Young. Bettie also worked outside the home as a beautician as well as a furrier. Upon retirement, the couple moved back home to Amite County. She was a long time member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Smithdale, MS and later at the First Baptist Church of Florence, MS.

Visitation will be on Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 9 A.M. till service time at 10 A.M. at Hartman-Jones Funeral Home in McComb, MS. The Reverend Richard Cothern will officiate. Burial will be in the Young's Family Cemetery in Smithdale, MS.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Charles Raiford Young, Jr.; one son, Charles Raiford Young, III; and one granddaughter, Jessica Young Start.

Mrs. Young is survived by one daughter, Myrtle Irene Young Johnston of Brookhaven, MS; one son, James Leroy Young of Gulfport, MS; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers include: Josh White; Jason White; Stokes Young; Nathan Young; Davis Young; and Andrew White. Honorary pallbearers include: Alex White; Dylan Young; Triston Hemphill; Peyton Hemphill; and Aidan Hemphill.