ROCKINGHAM — Mrs. Betty Sowders Stirk, 72, passed away at the home of her sister, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. She was born Feb. 15, 1946, daughter of the late Neil and Eleanor Webster Buie.
Betty was a longtime member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church, where she had been a Sunday school teacher and very active in church missions. She had been employed in purchasing at Burlington Mill, and later in human resources at TNS Mill and INA Bearing.
Services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Faith Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Travis Wilkerson and the Rev. Glenda Pope officiating and interment to follow at Bear Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church and other times at the home of her sister, 324 Richmond Road, Rockingham.
Betty is survived her sons, Chris Stirk and Danny Stirk, both of Rockingham; grandchildren, Hunter Stirk and Chasity Mixon; great-grandchild, Kaleah Jade Brigman; siblings, Winfred Sowders, Brenda Thomas, Sandra Sweatt and James Buie; and special nieces, Lisa Thomas, Glenda Pope, and Ivye Sowders. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Mike Stirk, and a grandchild, Opal Marie Stirk.
Memorials may be made to Faith Missionary Baptist Church (Missions), 276 Hatcher Road, Rockingham, NC 28379.
Watson-King Funeral Home is assisting the Stirk family. Please visit www.watson-kingfuneralhome.com to place condolence online.
