Ruby Pinkston Alderman's Obituary
Mrs. Ruby Pinkston Alderman, 83, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis.
A funeral service is scheduled for 7:30 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Paul Haywood will officiate. Interment is scheduled for 10:00 am Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:15 pm Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home.
Mrs. Alderman was born May 20, 1928, in Salisbury. She was a daughter of the late Walter Carl Pinkston, Sr. and Georgia Bell Rabon Pinkston.
She retired from Great Western Financial, formerly known as Blazer Financial Services. She was a member of Back Creek ARP Church in Charlotte and was formerly a Sunday School Teacher.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Alderman and her dog, Rascal.
Mrs. Alderman is survived by daughter, Sheila Howell of Kannapolis; son, Donald Ray Alderman and wife, Wanda of Charlotte; sisters, Barbara Hager of Kannapolis, Nancy Martin and husband, Kenneth of Mt. Pleasant and Bernice Trexler of China Grove; brother, Walter Carl Pinkston, Jr. and wife, Bobbie of New London and grandson, Michael Lee Howell.
Memorials may be made to Coltrane Life Center, 321 Corban Avenue, SE, Concord, NC 28025 and Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5300 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
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