Betty Joyce Selby peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Inglenook House in Englewood, Florida, surrounded by friends and family who loved her.
Betty was born November 27, 1941, in Albany, Kentucky, to the late George Earl and Audrey May Thomson Albertson. She made her career as a caregiver and working in children’s homes. As she lived her life, she was polite, witty, funny, and thankful until her final moments in this life. She will be fondly remembered for her compassion for others and her love for hummingbirds. She was the wife of the late Ronnie Neal Selby I, who passed away June 8, 2003, and she will soon rest by his side. In addition to her husband and parents, she is also preceded in death by sons, Vernie and Larry.
Surviving family members include her children, Johnny, Larry, Audie, Verne, Ron II, and Robert.
Grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and several siblings in Florida, Tennessee, and Indiana also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 12 pm Saturday, July 25, 2026, from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Indian Mound Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 10 am Saturday at Hunter Funeral Home.
Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
