Helen Darnell

Burlington - Helen Allen Darnell, 96, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was born on August 20, 1922 in Alamance County to the late Will Stanford Allen and Effie Foster Allen and was married to the late William Clyde Darnell, Jr.

Helen was a former employee of Reynolds Uniform and a homemaker. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church on Queen Ann Street in Burlington.

She is survived by her loving and special family members that include a sister-in-law, Juanita Moore and husband, Earle; niece, Shelby Jean Norris and husband, Jarvis; nephews, Vance Allen, Jr. and wife, Ruth, Jerry Wayne Brewer and wife, Tammy, Bobby Brewer and wife, Beth; great nephew, Tim Allen; great niece, Pam Allen Abner, and several other nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, three brothers, five sisters and sister-in-law, Dorothy "Dot" Darnell Brewer.

The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. David McDaniel with the burial to follow at Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:45-1:45pm prior to the service on Wednesday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory.

The family would like to express their gratitude to the nurses and staff at Hospice and Peak Resources for all their loving care and compassion that was shown to Helen during her illness. Memorials may be made to Maranatha Baptist Church, 603 Queen Ann Street, Burlington, NC 27217 or to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.

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