Betty DeYoung
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Betty DeYoung
March 23, 1930 - February 20, 2015
Betty Nixon
DeYoung, 84, of Houston, formerly of Port Arthur, passed away peacefully on
Friday, February 20, 2015. The family
takes solace in knowing that she is now in the loving arms of our Heavenly
Father. She was born on March 23, 1930, in
Port Arthur, to Bertha Corkran Nixon and Barney Allen Nixon.
Betty
graduated from Port Arthur Jefferson High School in 1948 and she and A.J. were
married on August 28th of that year. She
was a Proof Auditor at Merchants Bank and later an Internal Auditor for Sabine
Bank until she retired in 1982. Betty
and A.J. moved to Estes Park, Colorado where they enjoyed their retirement for
twenty years, before moving to Fredericksburg in 2003, where she lived until 2011
at which time she moved to Houston to be close to family and entered an
assisted living facility.
Betty was a
member of Trinity Baptist Church in Port Arthur for thirty-five years where she
served as a Sunday School Teacher. She
was a member of Estes Park Baptist Church and then became a member of First
Baptist Church of Fredericksburg.
Survivors
include her son, Jim DeYoung and his wife, Lauren, of Houston; daughter,
Suzanne Walstad of Houston; grandchildren, Lauren and Kyle Walstad both of
Houston; sister, Myrtle Dowden of Nederland; sister-in-law, Barbara Nixon of
Bridge City; and several nieces and nephews.
She is
preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, A.J. DeYoung; parents, Bertha
Corkran Nixon and Barney Nixon; sister, Hazel; and brother, Charles.
We would
like to sincerely thank Janice Young and her staff at Serenity House and Janice
Hoffman with Excel Hospice who cared for her with love and special attention.
A gathering
of Mrs. DeYoung’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.,
Thursday, February 26, 2015, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street,
Nederland. Her funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 27, 2015, at
Broussard’s Mortuary, Nederland with Dr. Don Higginbotham officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of
Jefferson County, Nederland.
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