Betty Nell Felty Tutt was born Aug. 2, 1931 to Isom Melvin “Hoot” Felty and Ray Marie Griffin and passed away Nov. 17, 2022. 
She was the second born of seven children including William James “Bud” Felty, Bennie Dee, twins Dixie Jean and Nadene, JoAnn, Shirley Ray and Janet Claudine. She grew up outside of Wichita Falls in the small town of Petrolia and went to school there.
Betty married at age 19 to Wayne Edward Tutt Aug. 26, 1950, in Dallas County. They moved to Houston where both her children were born and lived there until 1964.  Wayne took a job in Chico, Calif., for a year and then they moved back to the Dallas Love Field area by 1965.
They had two boys Wayne Edward Tutt, Jr. and Jackie Jay Tutt. Betty was a homemaker and an excellent cook. She was the matriarch of the family.  
About the 1980s when she went to work for Lawrence Engineering (an airplane parts co. located just down the street), Denton Dr. in Dallas. She was awarded a trip to California for being a long-time loyal employee. After they retired and moved out to Cedar Creek Lake she began working again with Mabank ISD.
In 1996, the love of her life became ill. Wayne Sr. passed away after a heroic battle with cancer Oct.18, 2005.
In 2006, she moved to live with her son Wayne Jr and family in Victoria and moved with them to La Grange in 2009 as they retired on the family ranch. She lived with them until 2019.    
Betty missed the Dallas area and her friends and returned to Irving to live with her youngest son Jack. Her health took a turn for the worse and she was admitted to a nursing care facility shortly after arriving in Irving. 
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Bennie, Dixie, Nadine, JoAnn, Shirley, her brother, husband and brother-in-law Jay Tutt.
She is survived by sister Janet Bethel and husband Stanley, sister-in-law Linda Tutt of Austin, sons Wayne and wife Cathleen of La Grange and Jack Tutt and wife Josey of Irving, grandchildren Casey Tutt and wife Kelly, Cassidy Tutt Sawyer and husband Dan, Jackie Tutt, Jr., and wife Lynn and Allana Tutt and Jorge Castaneda and great-grandchildren Carter Tutt, Cooper Tutt, Riley Sawyer, Jackson Tutt and Ila Castaneda.