Betty Gunby Clairborne was born on February 242, 1914 to Elton and Annie Wise, near Pocomoke City, Maryland. She was the oldest of eleven children. She attended public school in Sturgis School. She graduated from Second Year in Pocomoke High School. At age of twelve she gave Christ her heart in Macedonia Baptist Church of Wardtown, Virginia, where she was baptized. Bettie was like a mother to her sisters and brothers. She came to Baltimore, Maryland in 1936. In 1940 she married a high school mate Daniel G. Gunby and from that uniona baby girl was born, Helois Bettie Gunby. She married Charles James Clairborne in July, 19971. On July 15, 1973 she became a member of New Camel Star Baptist Church, where she was an usher and Secretary of Nurses and Ushers Unit, Secretary of Sunday School and Secretary for the Pastor's Aide. Bettie moved to The Broadway on October 3, 1973 and worked as a desk monitor, floor monitor and fire warden on the twenty-second floor. She won many certificates and was selected by tenants of The Broadway for Housing Authority of Baltimore City - Resident Advisory Board. She worked at John Hopkins Clinic and Hospital with a group called The Grey Ladies, they visited and carried people to the market, clinic, helped the sick and carried them to church. Bettie later became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She loved people. She never met a stranger, always with a smile, joke, and she loved giving. Her hobby was arts and crafts. Bettie is survived by; four daughters, Helois Betty Gunby, Joeanne Burney Claiborne, Bara Barr and Lore Claiborne; three granddaughters, Charlette, Jonetta and Denise; six great-grandchildren, Anthony, Nicole, Rashard, Sharrod, Kenard and Demetriess; five great-great-grandchildren, Donte, Ja'niah, Tyasia, Deyontae and Makiyah; three grandsons-in-law, Leroy, Tyrone and Garrett; five sisters, Phyllis, Alverta, Ethel, Catherine and Margaret; her loving pastor and his wife, Rev. Leander Brown and Phyllis Brown; a very special friend for thirty-five years, Marice Hicks; two special friends, Bessie Dunn and Jenetta Jackson; a goddaughter, Williemae Ronie; adopted daughter, Lealer Jones; a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.