Bettie Jean Morris Young, 90, passed away August 15, 2023. She was born March 21, 1933, in Norfolk, Virginia to Alpheus and Elizabeth A. Wright Morris.

Bettie graduated from Maury High School in 1951, later marrying John L. Young, Jr. at McKendree Methodist Church in 1952.

During their 64-year marriage, John and Bettie raised four children. As the wife of a career US Marine, Bettie and family lived wherever John's assignments took them. Fond memories were made of South Carolina's low country, North Carolina's pine belt, the sights in Washington, DC, the mountains and deserts of Utah, the west coast of California, the view of Mount Fuji from Tokyo Bay, travels throughout East Asia, and home in Tidewater Virginia from the many places the family lived, and the people Bettie met across the United States and abroad.

After John retired from the Marine Corps in 1980 and entered civil service with the US Army at Fort Monroe, John and Bettie settled in Newport News. Their retirement was highlighted by travel in Europe, long visits to the Outer Banks, and enjoying their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Bettie was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Newport News. She was preceded in death by her husband Major John L. Young, Jr. US Marine Corps Retired, her parents and her sister Genevieve Morris.

Bettie is survived by her four children, Colonel John L. Young III, US Army Retired and Brenda C. Young, Dr. Theresa Y. Crawley and Dr. William B. Crawley, R. Scott Young and Linda D. Young, and Keith M. Young and Valerie M. Young; five grandchildren, E. Michelle Young and Captain Haley Jefferis, US Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel John L. Young IV, US Army and Sara C. Young, Stephen M. Young and Elizabeth A. Young, Laura E. Young, and K. Matthew S. Young; and four great-grandchildren, Sydney J. Young, Sophie T. Young, Bradley E. Young and Cameron W. Young, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service for Bettie will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home, 210 Harpersville Road, Newport News, Virginia. All other arrangements are also with W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. Interment will be in Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia.