Betty Mae Smith Sullins Avery began her life journey on August 25, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Exxie Smith Greyhouse and the late Booker T. Sullins. She was reared by the late Ora B. Sullins, who was her second mother.

  She confessed Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age and joined St. Luke A.M.E. Church. Later in life, she united with Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church where she served faithfully until her health failed.

  Betty was employed at several restaurants in Columbus, GA in her young adult life. Later, she was employed by Wayne Farms for twenty-five years. She retired in 1993.

 
  Interment will follow in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Dadeville, AL. She was also preceded in death by one son, Samuel Avery; one sister, Willie Mae Avery and three brothers, Bert Sullins (her twin), Curtis Smith and Rev. James Sullins.
  Betty memories will be forever cherished by, four daughters, Mary Avery, Union Springs, AL, Louisa (Eddie) Chappell, Atlanta, GA, Annie (Robert) Holmes, Saginaw, MI and Odessa Goshey, Lathonia, GA; one son, Lee Earnest (Mary) Sellers, Newnan, GA; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren, six great-great grandchildren, two sisters, Sara N. Long, Orlando, FL and Frankie Ruth Kelly, Montgomery, AL; three aunts, along with a host of relatives and friends including her special friends, Katie Casey, Cora Ivory, Mesha and Paul Phillips.