Betty Pierce Young, 91, of Petersburg, passed away on July 31, 2022, at NHC in Pulaski.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with Rev. Tim Smith and Bro. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Boonshill Cemetery, beside her husband, Gilbert Ray Young, who passed in 2001. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Betty was born on January 8, 1931, in the Boonshill community to the late Allen D. and Nellie Ruth Noah Pierce. She was a member of the Boonshill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Young’s favorite flower was Mister Lincoln Red Roses.

Survivors include her son, Allen Ray (Shirley) Young of Shelbyville; daughters, Melissa Young (late Joe) Armstrong of Petersburg, and Susan Young of Petersburg; grandchildren, Amanda (Kelly) Thompson, Allen Ray Young, Jr., Andrew Young, Kevin (Ivon) Fletcher, Kelley Merlo, Joseph Ray Armstrong, and Anthony Paul Armstrong (friend, Tina Balch); great-grandchildren, Brandy (Darryl) Paulus, Robert Colt Balch, Riley Caitlin Balch, Harmony Armstrong, Noah Armstrong, Jay Thompson, Hunter Thompson, Justin Thompson, Andrea Fletcher, Kevito Fletcher, Kimberly Merlo, and Jacob Merlo; and great-great-grandchildren, Alva Fletcher, Dominic Rylan Paulus, and Braxton Alexander Paulus.