Betty Richardson

Betty Brown Richardson TUSCALOOSA | Betty Brown Richardson, age 69, of Tuscaloosa, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 17, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015, at First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Magnolia Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. She was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Pam Mathis and mother-and father-in-law, Othella and Kenneth Richardson. Survivors include her sisters, Anne Simmons (Joel) and Mary Merriman (Bruce), and sister-in-law, Gail Campbell. Betty was born on August 26, 1945, in Meridian, Miss., to the late Dewitt Sanford Brown and Winnie H. Hamrick. She received her degree from Mississippi State University and Master's from University of Alabama. She touched many lives in her dynamic teaching career where she was an educator for 38 years; 31 of which was at Northington Elementary School. She was a Godly woman who loved the Lord and her family. She was an avid tennis player and golfer. Betty loved being outdoors and loved her church where she was active in the choir. She had a wonderful smile that could light up a room. Betty was married to the love of her life, Ken Richardson, for 44 years. They have four wonderful children Kenny Richardson (Christy), Kristi Gregory (Jeff), Kelley McMillan (Allen), and Jennifer Richardson. She was affectionately known as "Boo" to her nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, of which are Trey Richardson, Amanda Jackson, Anna and Allie McMillan, Olivia Bradberry, Ethan and Ella Gregory, Corbin and Campbell Richardson, Lee Richardson and Sophie Jackson. Pall Bearers are Kenny Richardson, Allen McMillan, Jeff Gregory, Trey Richardson, Charlie Payne, and Kevin Herring. Honorary Pall Bearers are former co-workers and friends of Northington Elementary School and the Tuscaloosa City Schools, the Agape Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, and the countless friends that were touched by Betty's life. We would like to express our love and appreciation to all family, friends and neighbors, with a special thank you to Amedysis Hospice nurses and staff. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Alzheimer's Association at alz.org or in memory of Betty at First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, 721 Greensboro Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. "A mother's love is always with us, first in her lifetime, forever in our memory."