Obituary of Betsy Ruth Paul Banks ~ 2005
Transcribed by Joan S Dunn
Source: The Pamlico News Nov 20 2005
Mrs. Betsy Ruth Paul Banks, 67, of Grantsboro, died Friday, November 18,
2005 at Craven Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Banks graduated from James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
in 1959 and practiced as a Registered Nurse until her death. She earned
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Nursing at Eastern
Carolina University and was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, International
Honor Society of Nursing. Mrs. Banks worked as a nurse in a number of
facilities in North and South Carolina including Baker Hospital, Medical
University of SC, and St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, S.C., St. Luke
Hospital, Pamlico County Community College, Merci and Hope Clinics in
North Carolina. She worked in a five-year research program for the North
Carolina Agromedicine Institute to study heat stress in migrant workers in
eastern North Carolina. She was a member of the Rock of Zion Free Will
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Banks was predeceased by her parents, Zack H. Paul and Adele Paul
Cahoon, and son, Michael Paul Banks. She is survived by her husband Dick
Banks, son Richard T. Banks II and wife Beverly of Belle Fourche, South
Dakota; brother Zack Paul and wife Peggy of New Bern; sister Nan Hazelwood
and husband Charles of Charleston, S.C.; grandchildren Thomas, Matthew and
Amy Banks and their mother, Frances Banks of Goose Creek, S.C.; sisters in
law Julia Ann Racid of Chesapeake, VA and Mary B. Horner of Newport News,
VA; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 11:00 a.m. at Bryant
Funeral Home in Alliance. The immediate family visited with relatives and
friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Interment was
at Greenleaf Cemetery in New Bern.
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home and Cremations, Alliance.
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