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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