Lee Obit: Mrs. Rena Lee (Brooks) Cotton

Mrs. Rena Lee (Brooks) Cotton, age 78, of Bear Creek, NC, entered eternal rest on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at UNC Medical Center Hillsborough in Hillsborough, NC.

Rena Lee Brooks Cotton was born on March 18, 1947, in Pittsboro, North Carolina to the late Willie Green and K-ritha Brooks.

In 1965, Rena graduated from Horton High School. After high school, she worked for UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC and JOCCA in Pittsboro, NC. For the next 29 years, Rena was an employee of Chatham County Schools.

Rena joined Glover’s Grove AME Zion Church at an early age where she served as a Deaconess.

Rena will be cherished by her loving husband of 61 years, Rev. Walter A Cotton, Sr; her siblings, Darlene Jackson of Harrisburg, VA, Larry Brooks (Cynthia) of Bear Creek, NC, Gary Green (Andrea) of Holly Springs, NC, Anita Green of Pittsboro, NC, and Tania Poston (Christopher) of Pittsboro, NC; her children, K-ritha Brower, Turine Hicks (William), Rev. Walter A. Cotton, Jr. (Martisla), Warren Cotton (Angela), Tiffany Harrington (Adrian), Walter Goldston, and Tiosha Goldston; twenty-two grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.

Public Viewing

Saturday
July 12, 2025
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Knotts Funeral Home
50 Masonic Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312

Funeral Service

Sunday
July 13, 2025
2:00 PM
Union Grove AME Zion Church
230 Union Grove Church Rd
Bear Creek, NC 27207

Burial

Glovers Grove AME Zion Church
951 Glovers Grove Church Rd.
Siler City, NC 27344

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