Betty Jo Williams Northern Obituary (1938

Mrs. Betty Jo Williams Northern, age 86 of Lexington, Indiana, entered this life on December 10, 1938 in Daisy, Kentucky. She was the loving daughter of the late Andy and Effie West Williams. She moved to Jefferson County in 1963. Betty married John Northern on May 30, l963 in Madison, Indiana. This marriage was blessed to raise eight children, Larry, Roger, Richard, Rick, Anthony, John Jr., Deborah and Angela. She was a certified nursing assistant at the Waters of Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana. Betty was a member of the Open Door Baptist Church in Deputy, Indiana. She loved going to church, reading, sewing, tending to flowers, gardening and being with her family. She enjoyed cooking her favorite chicken and dumplings and her orange slice cake, both to be missed at church and family gatherings. Betty enjoyed her three dogs, Daisy, Cali, and Penny. Betty died on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 9:26 a.m. at the Waters of Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Betty will be missed by her loving sons, Roger Northern and his wife Gay of Kent, Indiana, Richard "Buck" Northern and his wife Rita of Paris Crossing, Indiana, Rick Mitchell and his wife Judy, Anthony Mitchell of Henryville, Indiana, John Northern, Jr. and his companion Stacey Moscoe of Madison, Indiana; her loving daughters, Deborah Masterson and her husband Dennis of Madison, Indiana, Angela Northern of Lexington, Indiana; her daughter-in-law, Donna Northern of Madison, Indiana; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; her brother, Herman Williams and his wife, Betty of Chula Vista, California; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Andy Williams, her mother, Effie West Williams, her sisters, Jewell Rowlett and Patsy Grimes, her brother, Stanley Williams, her husband of 53 years, John Northern, Sr., died January 31, 2017; her son, Larry Wayne Northern, Sr., died January 7, 2021, her brother, Mike Williams. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 31, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Brad Enevoldsen at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery near Austin, Indiana VISITATION Friends may call Monday, March 31, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Open Door Baptist Church. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Betty Jo Williams Northern, please click here to visit our sympathy store.