
BETTY NIXON DeYOUNG
Betty Nixon DeYoung, 84, of Houston and formerly of Fredericksburg, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 27, at Broussard’s Mortuary in Nederland with the Rev. Dr. Don Higginbotham officiating.
Interment followed at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland.
Visitation was held Thursday evening, Feb. 26.
Interment followed at Memory Gardens of Jeffer-son County, Nederland.
Mrs. DeYoung was born March 23, 1930, in Port Ar-thur, the daughter of Bertha Corkran Nixon and Barney Allen Nixon. She married A.J. DeYoung on Aug. 28, 1948. He preceded her in death.
A 1948 graduate of Port Arthur Jefferson High School, Mrs. DeYoung was a proof auditor at Merchants Bank and later an internal auditor for Sabine Bank until she retired in 1982.
Prior to moving to Fredericksburg in 2003, the DeYoungs lived in Estes Park, Colorado.
She was a Fredericksburg resident until 2011 when she moved to Houston.
Over the years, she had been a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Port Ar-thur, Estes Park Baptist Church in Colorado and First Baptist Church of Fredericksburg.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Lauren DeYoung, and a daughter, Suzanne Walstad, all of Houston.
She is also survived by two grandchildren; one sister, Myrtle Dowden of Nederland; and one sister-in-law, Barbara Nixon of Bridge City.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. DeYoung was preceded in death by a sister, Hazel; and brother, Charles.