Betty Edwards Severance

Betty Edwards Severance, 84, of 2815 Regal Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Moses Cone Hospital. There will be a private funeral service held Friday, July 24, 2020 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ryan Burris officiating. The funeral will be streamed for public viewing at 11:00 AM Friday morning at www.wilkersonfuneral.com. The burial will follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens. Betty will lie-in-state at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 3:30 to 5:00 PM on Thursday, July 23, 2020 and Friday from 8:30 AM until funeral time for anyone wanting to pay their respects and sign the register book. Betty was born to the late Boyd and Elizabeth Hicks Edwards. As a young lady, her family worked together on the farm as sharecroppers. She would prime tobacco before and after school and learned the value of hard work. Out of high school, Betty was recruited by the FBI and was selected to work in Washington, DC. Later, she married the love of her life, William “Bill” Severance on November 4, 1954. She enjoyed being a wife and mother until joining the work force. She was employed by Rockingham County Schools as a teaching assistant for over 20 years. She was a longtime and faithful member of College Park Baptist Church. Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Severance; brothers, Junior and Alan Edwards; and sister, Louise Paschal. She is survived by her daughters, Gail Turner and husband, Rocky, Rhonda Wheeler and husband, Ron and Kim Severance; son, David Severance and wife, Crystal; grandchildren, Clark Turner and wife, Sara, Leigh Wallace and husband, Jeremy, Dustin Wheeler and wife, Elizabeth, Nicki Wheeler, Erika Davis and fiance', Zakk Johnson, Jon Davis and wife, Lynne, Reid Severance and wife, Sabrina, Carter Severance and Katherine Mullins; great grandchildren, Evangeline Severance, Easton Wallace, Brady Davis, Chase Davis and Savanah Shurtleff; brothers, James Edwards and wife, Beulah; sister, Ann Moseley and husband, Earl; and a large extended family. Wilkerson Funeral Home is serving the family and condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilkersonfuneral.com