Bettie Marilyn Rixie, age 89 of White House went home to be with the Lord, Friday, December 19, 2025 at White House Health Care. She was born October 1, 1934 in Vadien, Mississippi to Charles Marion and Luna Dell Ferguson McCorkle. She worked as a registered nurse for several hospitals including Tepper’s Clinic, Campbell’s Clinic, Erlanger Hospital and North Mississippi Medical Center. She was a beautiful seamstress, a wonderful cook and a woman of deep faith. She and her husband traveled on many mission trips, where she served as a nurse and he served as an engineer through South Tupelo Global Ministries. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold Wayne Rixie; 2 brothers, Dan and Charlie; 3 sisters, Ella Ouida, Jannie and Stella. She is survived by her daughters, Valarie (Tim) Barnes, Marietta, GA, Jean (Al) Huffman, Timberlake, NC and Nancy Rixie, White House, TN; 7 grandchildren, Melanie, Audra, Rachel, Anna, Casey, Christy and Mary; 4 great-grandchildren, Knox, Avery, Emmett and Charley. A graveside service and burial is scheduled for Saturday, December 27, 2025 in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Galconda (formerly Red Bud), IL at 1pm. In lieu of flowers donations are requested to the Alzheimer’s Association https://donorservices.alz.org ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO AUSTIN & BELL 533 Highway 76 White House, TN 37188 (615)672-5000 www.austinandbell.com
