Born Dec. 13, 1935, in Johnston County, Mrs. Denton was the daughter of the late John and Eva Pleasant Moore. She was a homemaker and a member of Coats Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.

The funeral was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats. The Revs. Horace Johnson, Bobby Caudle and Jerome Pope officiated. Burial followed in Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Angier.

Surviving are her husband, Don F. Denton; three daughters, Polly Byrd of Coats, Peggy Lee of Lillington and Joy Norris of Buies Creek; three sons, Gary Denton and Jonathan Denton, both of Coats, and Johnny Denton of Lillington; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Condolences to the family may be made at rosegrahamfuneralservices.com.