Eulalia Belle Butler Scotton Obituary (2021)

EDEN - Eulalia Belle Butler Scotton, 82, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Gibson House Hospice, while surrounded by her loving family. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at Woodland Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Colonial Funeral Home in Madison. Mrs. Scotton was born on Easter Sunday morning, April 9, 1939 in Custer County, Nebraska to the late Raymond and Catherine Josephine Hyatt Butler. She grew up on a farm near Merna, Nebraska and graduated from Merna High School in 1956. She completed courses at Grand Island School of Business and went to work for the FBI in Washington, DC on December 3, 1956. In September of 1957, she was introduced to Curtis Scotton on a blind date and went on to marry in June of 1958. To this union were four beloved children. Mrs. Scotton loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-three years, Reverend Curtis Hampton Scotton and son-in-law, Bill Horton. Survivors include her sons, Brian (Becky), Kevin (Wendy), Ramon (Lynn); daughter, Melanie Horton; eight grandchildren, Leigh Ann Slaughter (Jamie), Kurt Scotton (Katie), Lance Scotton (Ashley), Amy Hobbs (Robert), Kyle Scotton (Dara), James Scotton (Hannah), Alyssa Boles (Brandon), and Erika Horton; nine great-grandchildren, Brooke Scotton, Emily Scotton, Jacob Slaughter, Justin Scotton, Breanna Scotton, Luke Hobbs, Isabella Scotton, Emerson Scotton, Eli Scotton and sister, Linda Morrison. The family wishes to thank the staff of the Penn Nursing Center and Hospice of Rockingham County for their loving and attentive care. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to Hospice of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family. Condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net