Betty Mae Crenshaw Moore was born in Bolling, Alabama on December 19, 1926 to Lonnie Crenshaw and Annie (Payne) Crenshaw. She attended Bolling School in Bolling, Alabama. Betty was saved and baptized at Friendship Baptist Church in Bolling, Alabama. One of her favorite memories was singing with her sisters in church and at family reunions.
In 1948, she married Esra...