Buckhead Betty is a charming and comical look into the life of a widow named Betty. Her world is turned upside down after her husband died leaving his business attorney Jack, as executor of the estate. In Harrison's Last Will & Testament, Betty's late husband required her to find and maintain a job for at least six months in order to inherit his business and the financial empire it created; however Jack finds that he likes having financial control over Betty and will stop at nothing to maintain it while sabotaging Betty at every opportunity. A cast of characters surround Betty as she puts forth her best efforts to fulfill Harrison's last wishes and scrambles to maintain the life she once had.