Betty Ann (Sellers) Hudson

Betty Ann Hudson, age 80, died peacefully on July 26, 2017, with her family at her bedside, at Church Home for the Aged in Perry, Georgia, after a brief struggle with congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Miss Betty was born February 28, 1937, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Dupree Sellers and Carolyn Lewis Sellers.

Betty Ann graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Orlando, Florida, class of 1955.
Betty Ann was an accomplished and gifted musician: piano, organ, and voice. By the age of 8, she was playing classical piano in recitals, and teaching piano and voice at age 12. Her music career spanned seven decades.

Notable performances of Betty Ann include the Metropolitan Opera with Jerome Hines (1981), Birmingham Concert Chorale (1975-1992), and with Danny Gaither at the Festival of Sacred Music (1983). She was President of the Allegro Music Club in Birmingham, AL (1977-1982) and a member of the Hymn Society of America. She held Director of Music positions over the years at churches in Cleveland, TN, Birmingham, AL, and West Monroe, LA. From 1990 to 2012, in West Monroe, LA, she served at St. Paschal’s Catholic Church, Highland Presbyterian Church, and Westlake Seventh-Day Adventist Church. After moving to Warner Robins, GA, in 2013 to be closer to her children and grandchildren, she served as Music Director for Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church for two years.

Before moving to Georgia in 2013, Miss Betty was a member of Westlake Seventh-Day Adventist Church in West Monroe, LA, for many years, and was very active in the Sabbath School programs, church music ministries, and regional prison ministries.

Left to cherish Betty Ann’s memory are two daughters and one son: Catherine Norwood (David) of Marietta, GA; Kimmy Brown (Jerry) of Panama City, FL; and Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman (Jeni) of Byron, GA. She leaves six grandchildren: Natasha Ferguson, Amber Hoffman, Jonathan Norwood, Mary Ellen Norwood, Benjamin Norwood, and Hannah Brown, who knew her affectionately as “Granny B”; and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Pleasant Hill Road, Warner Robins, GA. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests memorial donations be given in memory of Betty Ann Hudson to Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Pleasant Hill Road, Warner Robins, GA 31093.