Bobbie T. Barbee, age 84, of 16822 Silver Road, Oakboro, NC, passed away on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center - NorthEast in Concord, NC.  Her funeral will be at 11 AM on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at Mineral Springs Baptist Church and her family will receive friends from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM prior to the service.  Rev. Keith Walters will officiate and burial will be in Oakboro Cemetery in Oakboro, NC. 

Born on June 6th, 1926 in Stanly County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ann Tucker Rape and Stepfather Ward Rape.  She was a graduate of Locust School and a retired employee of Stanly Knitting Mill in Oakboro, NC. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Merlin Coolidge Barbee, and one son, Merlin C. "Butch" Barbee, Jr.  She is survived by one daughter, Pamela Barbee Beadle and husband Buford of Oakboro, NC; one daughter-in-law, Jane B. Osteen of Albemarle, NC; two grandchildren, Tammy Barbee Shaver of Albemarle, NC and Tangy House of New London, NC; and five great-grandchildren: Matthew Austin, Jaime Austin, Tanner House, Laney House, and Kynlee Shaver.