Mrs. Betty Jean (Clement) Exum, 89, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 in Waco, Texas.

Funeral service will be 7:00 PM, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors. The family will receive friends prior to service time from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Mrs. Exum was born May 9, 1928 to Claud Ambrose and Elizabeth (Schmid) Clement in San Antonio, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Houston, Texas. Betty married the love of her life, James P. Exum, Jr. on February 4, 1949 and they celebrated over 68 wonderful years together. Mrs. Exum enjoy Ballroom dancing with James since 1944, she was also an ice figure skater, an airplane pilot in the 1940's, devotee of music and art, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her sister, Carol Clement, parents and her husband .

Survivors include her daughter, Beth Exum Johnson in New Orleans, LA; sons, James Exum, III and wife, Debbie of Mobile, AL, and Frank Exum and wife, Terry of Waco; four grandchildren, one great-granddaughter.