Death date: Aug 19, 2025
Bettie Loyce Fulgham Brister passed away peacefully on August 19, 2025 in Austell, Georgia, at the age of 82. Bettie was born at home in Starkville, Mississippi, on July 7, 1943, to Loyce Fulgham and Bessie Orean Nason. She grew Read Obituary
If I could use one word to describe her it would be hero. I was one of her many students that walked the halls of Garrett Middle School. I was new to the district, the state, and new to epilepsy. When I was asked to leave school because of the amount of seizures I was having, she was my hero- she came to my home and kept me motivated and encouraged as she made sure I kept up with my peers. She didn't have to help me at all. Infact, she could have left me to fend for myself, but she didn't she made a choice to be there when many at the school gave up. That was almost 40 years ago and I will never forget. I was blessed to know her and her family.
