Betty Lou Durham Obituary (1946 - 2020)

Betty Lou Durham 74, left this earthly home December 29, 2020, at Cone-Green Valley Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Stokesdale Baptist Church Cemetery. Betty will lie in state from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm at Stokesdale Baptist Church Monday prior to the graveside service. Social distancing guidelines will be observed and face coverings are required. Betty was a life-long resident of Guilford County. She was a member of Stokesdale Baptist Church. She loved her family, attending church, singing in the choir and listening to gospel music. Betty was preceded in death by parents Howard William Ellington and Edna Rea Paschal Ellington; sister Mary Ann Matthews and brother Arthur "Bud" Ellington. Survivors include a sister Virginia Garner; sister-in-law Sarah Ellington Lambert and special nephew Darrell Ellington and niece Laura Gentry, and several other nieces nephews and nieces. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family.