Betty Lou Slate Lovill

Ms. Betty Lou Slate Lovill, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon April 28, 2025, with her loving and supportive family by her side, at Northern Regional Hospital. She was born September 3, 1937, in Surry County, to the late Abraham Lincoln and Mary Magdalene Holt Slate. Ms. Lovill was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Left to cherish her memory are a daughter, Robin Slate; a son, Tim Lovill and Brookie Bunton; two daughters-in-law, Cathy Lovill and Linda Lovill; her grandchildren, Kevin and Charity Lovill, Brandon Lovill, Sheena and Nick Willard, Alex and Tyler Pruitt, Brodie Lovill and Angel Hicks, Victoria and Trent Sherlin, Devin and Courtney Slate, Dylan and Emma Slate, Bridget and James Nunn, and Stephanie and Trent Hutchens; her great-grandchildren, Brycen, Sadie, Kennedi, Nevaeh, Kali, Sophie, Emersyn, Elizabeth, Saylor, Harrison, Harper, Axl, Braxton, Oliver, Oakley, Barrett, Noah, Lucas, Melanie, and Makkhi; a sister, Barbara Chandler; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Jimmy and Barbara Slate and Donald Slate; and many other family and friends. In addition to her parents, Ms. Lovill was preceded in death by two sons, Richard Darrell Lovill and Marty Lee Lovill; a daughter, Vicky Lynn Lovill; a sister, Brenda Slate; three brothers, Roger Dale Slate, Johnny Slate, and Kenneth Slate; and the father of her children, Richard Arlis “Butch” Lovill. The funeral service will be held Friday, May 2, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, with the Rev. Chad Crotts officiating. Burial will follow at Skyline Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at the funeral home.