Services for Betty will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the Atlanta Christian Church. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. followed by funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Maurice Stribling will officiate. Burial will follow at Mountjoy Cemetery in rural Atlanta.
Betty Mae Brandt was born July 23, 1929, in Hittle Township, Tazewell County, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph L. and Harriet I. Irvin Brandt. She was first married to Yale Young, who was the father of her three children. She later married Jim McLellan on July 2, 1977. He preceded Betty in death on June 4, 1995.
Betty is survived by children: Tommy J. Young, Yaletta J. Batterton, Tony R. (Lisa Huth) Young, and Sherry I. McLellan Hendricks; grandchildren: Lyn Harris, Tara (Glenn) Miller Heerde, Laura (Tim) O’Donnell, Shelley (Brian) Jakowitsch, Deanna (Jason) Campbell, Yale (Abby) Young, Leigh (Travis) Demling, Cody Hendricks, and Adam (Amanda) Hendricks; 25 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson; and two siblings: Larry J. (Judy Gardner) Brandt and Gary L. Brandt.
She was preceded in death by one daughter-in-law, Rosemary Young and one son-in-law, Len Batterton.
Betty fondly remembered attending Mason School in rural Armington, Bloomingdale School in rural Atlanta, and Rose Hill School on Lazy Row near her home. As an adult, she returned to school to complete her diploma and graduated with honors in 1963 from Atlanta High School. Betty was a member of Eminence Christian Church in rural Atlanta. She will be greatly missed by her five generations of family.
Memorials may be made to Atlanta Rescue Squad or Atlanta Fire Department.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.
