Bettye F. Burgess went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 25, 2026. She was born on April 24, 1938 to the late Freeman and Lillian Foster in Kathleen, Georgia, later moved where she lived in Perry, Georgia.

She graduated from Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education. She married William Cullen Burgess and moved to Newark, New Jersey where she had two children Jacqueline Burgess and Risele Bailey. Later raised her children in Fanwood, New Jersey. After retirement, she moved back to Perry, Georgia and started working for Padgett Accounting Firm before re-retiring.

Bettye was proceeded in death by her parents Freeman and Lillian Foster. Three sisters Lillian A. Foster (Bo), Lucille King and Helen Foster. Her Ex-husband William Cullen Burgess, bother-in-laws Robert Burgess, Allen Laidler and Jerome King.

She leaves to cherish her memory, Two daughters; Jacqueline Burgess, Risele Bailey (Paul), three grandchildren; Ayeshia Burgess, Nicole De Grooth (Luwe) and Jason Bailey, five great grandchildren; Kavon, Kiera, Kayon, Casper, Josephine and great-great grandchild Kh’zara. Three sister-in–laws; Carol Laidler, Mildred Laidler, and Helen Burgess, niece Angela King Brown (Delvin) and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces, cousins Josephine Williams, Ernestine Williams, Lillian Black, and Catrell Milton along with a plethora of cousins.

Funeral Service

Jul

10

Friendship Baptist Church

1322 Feagin Mill Road
Warner Robins , GA 31088

11:00 AM