Betty Lou Rowe Burrows

        On May 21, 2026, Betty Lou (Rowe) Burrows got her wings after a long illness. Those who knew her, would not question that she was an Angel among us. God blessed us with a wonderful soul.

        She was born in Port Arthur, TX on March 19, 1941 to Floyd and Helen (Walker) Rowe. She lived her life to help make other’s lives full of joy. She always put others before herself.

        She had a positive impact on people throughout her life as she went from one coast to the other. In California’s Disneyland she was a Captain/Narrator of a Riverboat where her smile and caring attitude was shared with over 800 people a day. In Connecticut she and her husband worked for Kimberly Clark for 27 years. And if you looked close enough you could catch her dancing debut in a Double Mint Gum Commercial filmed in 1973 in New Milford, CT. (The commercial can still be seen today via Google. She will be the attractive girl with the white headband on the right).

        Betty Lou met her husband of nearly 44 years while in California. When she lost her dinner money one afternoon she became flustered and upset. A gentleman came up to her asking if he could help. E.W. “Buddy” Burrows listened to her story and offered her a meal. Soon after, Buddy and she would marry on April 18th, 1959. Their joy, love, and compassion for each other was infectious to all whom they met until Buddy’s death on February 25, 2003.

        Her volunteer work helped to facilitate a National Program to improve communication between the Operating Room doctors and the patient waiting room while in Connecticut. She was a member of the Amaranth, the Eastern Star, the VFW Auxiliary, her church and church choir everywhere she lived. Betty Lou served the Gold Star Mothers at various functions and other military support organizations throughout her life. Betty Lou was a selfless servant of God.

        The volunteer work went beyond organizations, she provided care for family, friends, and a gentleman she met at church who needed a safe place to recover from major surgery. Betty Lou and Charles “John” Eiler have been partners for 20 years. Florence has been blessed by their passion to serve. Together they have embraced the Florence Little Theater, their Church, and multiple Santa and Mrs. Claus appearances for the Festival of Lights and other events around the Florence area, (she played the part of Mrs. Claus).

        Often her hobbies and volunteer work would mix. She crocheted butterflies for the McLeod Hospice House, knitted baby afghans for the newborns.

        Buddy and Betty Lou Burrows had 3 children, Lanita, Anna, and Floyd. Lanita (Burrows) Rogers and her husband Glenn live in Woodbury, CT. Anna (Burrows) LeSueur and her husband Robert live in Cape Coral, Fl. Anna and her husband have 4 children, Jessie, Desiree (LeSueur) Howard and her husband Barry, Christian, and Stephanie (LeSueur) Wohlert and her husband Justin. Floyd and his wife Jessica (Paz Ward) live in New Milford, CT. Floyd and Jessica have 2 sons, Joseph and Peter.

        Betty Lou’s extended family includes Greg and Marie Eiler of Culloden, WV and Eric and Danielle Eiler of Murrells Inlet, SC.

        All together she has 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

        The memory of Betty Lou will be her continuous loving care for people.

        Services will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church with visitation beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church. Her wishes were to be cremated and interred with Buddy at the Florence National Cemetery.

        In lieu of flowers, she requests donations to be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 855 Coleman Blvd - Suite 102, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 or Veterans Village, 1200 E. National Cemetery Rd., Florence, SC 29506.

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