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Paula Diane Burns Belton, age 58, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Thursday, July 4, 2013 after a brief illness. Paula was born January 9, 1955 to Julia Mae Blaylock and the late Paul Burns, Jr.
Paula was a 1973 graduate of East Forsyth High School and an Alum of Barbara Scotia College. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She married Otis Belton in 1982 and they raised two beautiful children. Paula retired from the Forsyth County Department of Social Services after over 30 years of service and currently employed as Manager of Tilley’s Internet Sweepstakes in Walkertown, NC. She was a member of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church.
Paula leaves to cherish her legacy of giving, caring, and wisdom, the joy of her life – her children, Julian “Denorris” and Otisha Belton; one grandson, Gracen Watlington, her mother, Julia Mae Blaylock; three sisters - LaVern Blaylock, Cheryl Blaylock and Mary Miller; four brothers – Gary Blaylock, Reginald (Vallorie) Blaylock, Ronald Blaylock and Robert Miller; special friends – Ann Berry Tyler, Albert Michaux, Dallas James, Anitria Scott and Keisha Horton; a host of beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
The Omega-Omega Ceremony of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will be held at Hooper Funeral Home on Tuesday evening at 6pm. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 10th at 1pm with Family Visitation at 12 noon at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church with Minister Mary Howard Atkins, Officiating and Pastor, Dr. John Walker as Eulogist. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Clarke McGriff
Paula Burns - an absolute Queen! I was a classmate of Paula's from Jr. High through high school. Always elegant and a perfect Lady. Her beauty was surpassed only by her inner kindness. This news saddens my heart. She shall live forever in my spirit.
Thanks be to God for giving her to us for these few years.
Clarke McGriff
Clyde Gray
She was simply beautiful, and Clark is right: always a lady and a queen. Reading of her departure came as an enormour shock.
Annalisa West (Johnston)
We went to Jr high together. I am sad that a beautiful soul has left us. I will pray for the familyVernon (Sonny) English
Well..it took me a long time to comment on this page. Paula was one of the very few students who went from the 1st grade to the 12th grade with me. From the 1st to the 3rd I had a schoolboy crush on her. And my admiration and respect for her grew as the years went by. She was a class act. Like a Princess, then a Queen. Never loud, rude, or crude..but displayed dignity, charm, and wit. She could be a little shy and respectfully quiet, but you dare not mistake that for being an introvert. She was very intelligent, witty, and had a wonderful heart. She was one of the two people I told on the day of graduation that I would propose backstage at the ceremony to my future wife. She was as excited as I was. After I proposed, we immediately ran into each other and she told me she was just proposed to as well! We hugged and congratulated each other. The look of joy on her face is how I will remember her. Love and Blessings, Paula. Miss you, my Friend. May the heavenly mansion prepared for you be more glorious than you ever dreamed! Rest in Peace!