Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on August 12, 1944, to Floyd "Bud" and Francine Riley, Betty came into this world with an inner strength, resilience, and voice that were ahead of her time. At the age of 6, her family experienced the tragic loss of a child and sister, Darla Rae, to a rare and untreatable brain cancer. At the time, she was too young to understand the magnitude of this loss, but it later became a defining lesson to live life to the fullest...(Click the information source link below to read more.)