Betty Lou Horne

POLKTON - Heaven's choir must have needed a new alto, so God chose Betty Lou Daniels Horne on Sunday, August 13, 2023, to join the Angel choir. She slipped away peacefully at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, August 19, 2023, at First Baptist Church, Wadesboro with Dr. Tim Moore and Dr. Robert Hunter, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Peachland Cemetery.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00PM Friday, August 18, 2023, at Leavitt Funeral Home.

Betty Lou was born December 28, 1949, in Anson County, NC and was the only child of the late Winfred Jacob Daniels and the late Minnie Lou Tomlinson Daniels. She was a graduate of Bowman High School and Wingate University with a degree in Early Childhood Education, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Remembered as a devoted and caring teacher, she taught fourth grade at Peachland Polkton School, retiring after 32 years of service. Teaching was her true calling, and she possessed a passion and love for children and the importance of education.

Betty Lou was an active member of First Baptist Church, Wadesboro for more than 50 years.  She was a member of the chancel choir, handbell choir, and loved ministering in the children’s sermon rotations and Sunday school.

She also enjoyed being a part of the Red Hat’s and Bookies book club. She was an avid bridge and pinochle player and was a part of several bridge clubs in Wadesboro and Chesterfield. Betty volunteered as a Long-Term Care Ombudsman for Anson County.  She loved to spend time and care for her 10 grandchildren.  Betty was a caregiver by nature, and made everyone she met feel nurtured and loved.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Dan (Amy) Cromartie of Davidson, LuAnne Cromartie Murphy of Aberdeen, Mike (Traci) Horne of Forest, VA and Chad (Kim) Horne of Polkton; her grandchildren, Beth Horne of Cary, Morgan (Braxton) Pfaff of Forest, VA, Savannah Cromartie of Charlotte, Madison Horne (Cooper McCaw, Fiancé) of Forest, VA, Adam Horne (Harley Taylor, Fiancé) of Polkton, Nicholas Murphy of Raleigh, Steven Cromartie of Boone, Courtney Horne of Forest, VA, Miles Murphy of Chapel Hill and Preston House of Aberdeen; her great-grandson, Thatcher Michael Pfaff; her friend and companion, Ernie Pusser of Chesterfield, SC and his son, John (Kayla) Pusser of Elgin, SC; her cousin, who was much like a sister, Teena (Alex) Hatcher of Henderson; her sisters-in-law, Rosa Horne of Peachland, Reva Carpenter of Marshville and Jan (Mike) Smith of Knoxville, TN.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Angus Cromartie and Douglas Horne and by her granddaughter, Kimberly Diane Horne.

The family will have a memory box at the visitation and funeral. If you would like to share what Betty meant to you, a personal story, or memory, the family would love for you to bring it and drop it in the box when you arrive.  

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Chancel Choir, P.O. Box 423, Wadesboro, NC 28170.