- Date Of Birth: May 7, 1934
- Date Of Death: July 23, 2021
- State: Maryland
Betty Cornell Young passed peacefully on Friday, July 23, 2021. She was born on May 7, 1934, in Baltimore City, Maryland, to the late James Argent Jackson and Mary Gertrude Jackson.
Betty attended schools in Anne Arundel County and was a graduate of Wiley H. Bates High School class of 1952. She was a secretary for the Motor Vehicle Administration in Glen Burnie and the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, Maryland. She retired from the State of Maryland after twenty-plus years of service as a secretary.
She married Carl Augustus Young in 1954, and later, they had two children, Carl Augustus Young, Jr., and Dale Anthony Young.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Carl A. Young, Sr.; two brothers, Argent Claymore Jackson, and Alfred S. Jackson; four sisters, Helen G. Brooks, Beulah I. Jackson-Fossett, Mae L. Hardy, and Viola Katherine Brooks.
Betty’s life was enriched with the love of family and friends. She leaves to cherish her loving memory: one sister Evelyn E. Smith; two devoted sons, Carl A. Young, Jr., and Dale A. Young (Candace); one granddaughter, Marisa Johnson; two grandsons, Cole A. Young and Darius A. Young; five great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
