Barbara Pinkston

Barbara (Bobbie) Ann Pinkston, 73, of Millingport, NC, entered into Heaven on August 19, 2019.

Bobbie was born to parents, Joseph Whitley and Phyllis Barringer Whitley on August 2, 1946. She was married to her life companion, Walter Carl Pinkston Jr. for 48 years.  They fell in love at first sight at a Square Dance.  She loved music, she loved singing and dancing. She worked as a registered nurse for many years at CMC Charlotte, caring for patients in the Heart Unit and in later years for The Poison Control Center. Bobbie was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.  She was a true matriarch, the true leader in our family keeping everyone together, planning family vacations in earlier years and large family gatherings.   She loved spending time with her family, playing scrabble, and gardening.  She was a devoted Christian who loved reading her bible, listening to Gospel music, and helping with Meals on Wheels.

Bobbie is survived by her son, Carl Lee Pinkston, her daughter Rhonda Dilks and husband Michael, her daughter Beverly, her daughter in law Sherri Pinkston, 9 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren, her brothers, Tommy Whitley and wife Linda, John Whitley and wife Kathy, and Paul Whitley, her sisters Donna Hathcock, Teresa Layton and Husband Roger, Debbie Eury, Rita Simpson and husband Thomas, Lisa Liles and husband Randy, Julie Shue and husband Randy, Special friends Louise Isenhour and Linda Palmariello.

Bobbie was proceeded in death by her loving husband and best friend Walter, her daughter Kelly Plowman, her parents Joseph and Phyllis Whitley, her sisters Linda Turner and Vivian Whitley, her brothers Joe Jr, Phillip Whitley and Baby Whitley, her son-in-law Eddie Gray, and granddaughter Angel Pinkston.

The family will receive friends Saturday, August 24th, 2019 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle, 522 N. 2nd Street, from 12-2 pm.  The service will follow at 2:00 pm in the chapel.   Burial will conclude at Stanly Gardens of Memory.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Pinkston family.