1942
Helen
2023
Helen Willis
December 12, 1942 — July 6, 2023
Helen Brooks Willis, 80, of Providence, North Carolina, passed away after a brief illness on July 6, 2023 at Person County Memorial Hospital.
Helen was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Thomas Brooks and Lucy Gentry Brooks. She was of the Baptist faith. She spent her life as a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking for her family, and she was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.
Helen was married to Roy Malloy Willis, Sr. for 63 years, who passed away on June 26, 2023.
Helen is survived by three daughters, Pamela Shorter, Tammy Riggs (Ricky), and Penny Campsey; two grandchildren, Hollie Shorter, Cole Campsey; and a sister, Alma Moran.
In addition to her parents and husband, Helen is predeceased by her son, Roy Willis, Jr.; her brothers, Fletcher, Dewey, Bennie, and Leonard Brooks; and a sister, Gracie Johnson.
A graveside service will be held on July 10, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Danville Memorial Gardens with Pastor Scott Randlett officiating.
The family will receive friends at other times at 3759 Walters Mill Road, Providence, NC.
Please sign the online guestbook on the Memory Wall at www.townesfuneralhome.com The Willis family has entrusted arrangements to Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main St., Danville, VA, 434-793-1211.
Helen was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Thomas Brooks and Lucy Gentry Brooks. She was of the Baptist faith. She spent her life as a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking for her family, and she was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.
Helen was married to Roy Malloy Willis, Sr. for 63 years, who passed away on June 26, 2023.
Helen is survived by three daughters, Pamela Shorter, Tammy Riggs (Ricky), and Penny Campsey; two grandchildren, Hollie Shorter, Cole Campsey; and a sister, Alma Moran.
In addition to her parents and husband, Helen is predeceased by her son, Roy Willis, Jr.; her brothers, Fletcher, Dewey, Bennie, and Leonard Brooks; and a sister, Gracie Johnson.
A graveside service will be held on July 10, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Danville Memorial Gardens with Pastor Scott Randlett officiating.
The family will receive friends at other times at 3759 Walters Mill Road, Providence, NC.
Please sign the online guestbook on the Memory Wall at www.townesfuneralhome.com The Willis family has entrusted arrangements to Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main St., Danville, VA, 434-793-1211.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Helen Willis, please visit our flower store.
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