The funeral services for the late Mrs. Betty Raing, who departed this life on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia, will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. from the Shepard Memorial Garden Cemetery in Sylvester, Georgia. Services may be viewed Facebook Live from the "Shipps Funeral Home" Facebook page or by clicking the Video Stream link on this site's Home Page.

Her Life’s Story

Mrs. Betty Jean Roddy Raing was born on September 13, 1942 in Worth County, Georgia, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Randle, Sr. and Eva Mae Stewart Roddy.

Betty was educated in the Worth County Public School System. She gave her life to Christ and joined the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Isabella, Georgia. Betty was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Mr. Eugene Raing.

Betty gave up this busy walk of life on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia. Her parents, Mr. Randle Roddy, Sr. and Mrs. Eva Mae Roddy, her husband, Mr. Eugene Raing, her brothers, C. L. Roddy, Floyd Roddy, Johnny Lee Roddy, have all preceded her in death.

Betty leaves to cherish her memories her siblings, Parrie Lee Stephens, Clarise Griffin, Frankie Mae (Frank) Hill, all of Poulan, Georgia, Otis Roddy of Albany, Georgia, Mary Bell Roddy, Shirley Drayton, both of Sylvester, Georgia, Randle (Althea) Roddy, Jr., Eva Mae (Joseph) Hill, both of Sumner, Georgia; a close friend, Henry Crumbley, Jr., and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.