Dr. Doris Vance Banner born 09, October 1934, died peacefully March 19, 2025, in Rising Star, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Reverend CO and Marie Hensley Vance. She was born and grew up until the age of 12 in the small town of Webster, NC in Jackson County, attending Webster Elementary School. After her father became the pastor of Willowdale and Oak Grove Baptist Churches, in Watauga County, she attended Cove Creek High School (from which she graduated in 1954).

In the fall of 1954, she chose to attend Gardner – Webb Junior College, which became a four-year college in 1970, becoming a university in 1980. She completed her bachelor's degree in preparation for teaching high school science and mathematics at Appalachian State Teacher's College, (which later became a university) from which she earned her master's degree and later her Educational Specialist Degree. She continued her studies through the University of North Carolina-Greensboro until she received her Doctorate of Education.

Dr. Banner's teaching experience began in the middle of 1954 teaching all the mathematics and courses and physics at Maxton High School. She transferred to North Mecklenburg, continued to teach mathematics and physics at North Mecklenburg High School, living in the teacherage in Huntersville. In the fall of 1957, she was married to Martin Banner, an Appalachian basketball player. While he completed his physical education major, she taught at their own Cove Creek High School. The Banners were active members of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She continued to teach mathematics and physics, teaching at MacArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida. When she returned to North Carolina, she taught the same subjects, teaching at Erwin High, Owen High, T. C. Roberson High, and Shelby High Schools. She accepted a position as a Consultant of Mathematics with the North Carolina Department of Education, working all over the state in grades K - 12 and in colleges with Teachers Education Programs.

She moved back to Boiling Springs, North Carolina after accepting a position in the School of Education at Gardner-Webb University, her first college Alma Mater, which had recently become a university. She taught Research and Statistics and worked with the program of Teacher Education on campus as well as other sites where Gardner-Webb offered their Master's Degree programs in Teacher's Education (Mooresville, Statesville, and Surrey County).

After retiring from Gardner-Webb, Dr. Banner moved to the Wakefield Plantation of Wake County to be near her daughter and family, who then lived in Youngsville, NC. After having knee replacement in 2009, she moved into an apartment in a Senior Independent Living
Retirement Home, The Gardens of Wakefield. In the spring of 2020, she moved to Appalachian-Brian Estates, a Retirement Home on the Blowing Rock Road in Boone.

After her daughter and son-in-law retired, they relocated to Cisco Texas in 2021. In 2022, Doris decided to join them and become a Texan. She originally moved to The Woodland Independent & Assisted-Living and thoroughly enjoyed her time there. After breaking her left hip in October 2024, Rising Star Nursing and Rehabilitation became her home.

She is survived by one daughter, Terri-Lynne, and husband, Jason Poppe, of Cisco Texas; two granddaughters, Shaylyn and her husband, Eric Laveault of West Point, NY, and Nichole and her husband, Tyler Pope, of Colorado Springs, CO; four great grandchildren, Teagan Mae Laveault, Graham Carson Laveault, Ryker Jace Pope, Nash Michael Pope; one sister, Sue Vance Wilson, one niece, Michelle and husband, Bill Corbett; two nephews, Chuck Wilson and wife, Stacy, and Kyle Wilson, and wife Tammy, three grand nieces, Dara Sue Corbett, Ansley and Kyndle Wilson, four grand nephews, Will and Zeb Corbett, Garrett and Chase Wilson, all of Mooresville.

Besides her parents, she was preceded by a son, Scotty Banner, who died at the early age of 2 1/2 years old after heart surgery. He, along with his grandfather, Reverend CO Vance, was the poster child for The Heart Fund in Watauga County in 1961, and a brother-in-law, Darrell Wilson.

She was a member of Greenway Baptist Church in Boone.

Her services will be a celebration of her life held 10:00 AM at Greenway Baptist Church Saturday April 26, 2025.

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Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Gardens between her parents and her son.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Greenway Baptist Church 880 Greenway Rd, Boone, NC 28607 or Gardner-Webb University 107 Bost Ct, Boiling Springs, NC 28017.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.