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AngelaTaylor
October 23, 2025
Ms.Betty was a nice lady back in the day she use to keep us while my mom went out use to tell us she going to whip i tell we just laugh at her she said she weren't play i just saw last year I didn't know who she were i ask my mom who is that and she said Betty Ann she said act like you don't know me I gave her a hug my condolences to the family praying for y'all
Pamela Hampton-Ferguson
October 14, 2025
Sorry for the lost of Betty Ann. I have known her all my life and sorry I will not be in the country to give my condolences The Jackson and Hampton Family.
Mablelean
October 12, 2025
Condolences to the Family.
The Richardson Family.
Liz Marzett
October 9, 2025
BJ and I became friends after school I would fly down to Memphis and she would fly to Detroit to visit me. We even took a train ride to Toronto. BJ I'm going to really miss you our talks on the phone etc. My hot tamale girl is gone. Job well done rest easy my friend
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Vanessa Fitzgerald
October 9, 2025
I am correcting my memorial message. I meant BJ instead of deejay and I am just such. At the end of the day BJ was a beautiful person inside and out. May she continues to rest in eternal peace. My fellow BTW warrior. Our motto is we lead and others follow. And you have left us but eventually we will follow
Vanessa Fitzgerald
October 9, 2025
I met Deejay at the Orange Mound Center and we became friends immediately. I would visit her at her house and we would just sit on her porch with some of her other friends and just shoot the breeze. She was just a social butterfly and she will surely be missed
MELBA DURR
October 9, 2025
Condolences from the Durr Family:
BJ was a special lady! She will be missed and her Hot Tamales, too! We always enjoyed her visits when she came to Atlanta. Although no words, however kind, can ease the loss you bear, may it bring comfort to know that others do care. Melba Durr
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