Betty Banks was born to the late Paul Green Williams and Effie Mae Williams on October 19, 1951 in Wayne County. She departed this life on July 30, 2016 at Harmony Hall in Kinston, NC.

She was preceded in death by one son, Cortez Maurice Williams.

To her loving memories she leaves a loving and caring husband Joseph Banks of the home, one son Montreal LeVant Williams (Lashondra Denisha Moore) a brother Kenneth Williams (Betty); two sisters Tammie Cox (Curtis) of Reidsville, NC and Paulette Sims (Ed) of Goldsboro, NC; three granddaughters and two grandsons, nieces, nephews and a host of relatives and friends.