Obituary of Pinkie Ruby Church

Pinkie Shook Church Born 6/16/1930 Died 7/24/2022 Pinkie was born in the Grandfather community 6/16/1930 and lived in Foscoe on Church Hollow Road all her married life. She had 7 siblings, 2 sisters Goldie, Sylvia and 4 brothers Varden, Dempsey, Clint, Frank and her only surviving sibling, Dwight Shook. She and her late husband, Calvin [Cecil] Church had 3 children Carolyn Parsons, Betty Ann Hodges [Warren] and Michael Church [Bonnie]; 6 grandchildren David Shoemake [Theresa], Jeffrey Luttrell, Laura Jane Blood [Jeff], Mark Luttrell [Kassi], Meredith Pipes [Jesse], Olivia Vallecillo-Miller [Jason] and 9 great grandchildren, David Tyler Shoemake, Alyssa Shoemake Akers, Jason Luttrell, Damian Luttrell, Tyler Luttrell, Troy Luttrell, Vivian Vallecillo, Winona Pipes and Amelia Pipes. Pinkie was beautiful, intelligent and witty. She enjoyed watching birds, planting flowers and hosting her family for special events – especially Christmas. She spent her last days in Banner Elk Lifecare center before entering her heavenly home on July 24th, 2022. There will be a private memorial service at a later date. Donations in her honor can be made to Amorem Support [Hospice] https://www.amoremsupport.org/