Jean Barringer Poplin's Obituary
Jean Elizabeth Barringer Poplin, 81, of Albemarle, went to be with her Lord on July 21, 2016, surrounded?by her family.
Ms. Poplin had a love for others and a positive attitude towards life. Her two favorite hymns were
?Count Your Blessings? and ?Because He Lives.? She used her many talents, including cooking, writing
cards, visiting shut?ins, decorating, directing weddings, teaching, selling real estate, and ?mothering? to
influence numerous lives.
Ms. Poplin worked as an Administrative Assistant at ALCOA. Following retirement from ALCOA, she
began a second career as a Real Estate Agent with Century 21 ?Russ Hollins Agency, where she found
her true professional calling. She was a lifelong member of Anderson Grove Baptist Church, serving in
many capacities, including Sunday School teacher of youth and young adults, Girls in Action leader, choir
member, Homebound Committee, Dorcas Committee, and Deacon?s wife. She and her husband, Hoyle,
worked as volunteers in the bus ministry taking children in the surrounding areas to church. Even today,
there are adults who have told her family what an influence she and her husband were in their Christian
and personal lives.
Born in Albemarle on October 2, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Lydia Rosetta Elizabeth Dennis
Barringer and Henry Paul Barringer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hoyle Delano
Poplin, on July 2, 2013; and a brother, George Barringer.
She is survived by a daughter, Melody Poplin Morton and husband Mike of Advance; a son, Dale Poplin
and wife, Sherry, of Albemarle; three grandchildren, Emily Morton Moore and husband, Brian, of
Mocksville, Zac Morton and wife, Molly, of Clemmons, and Samuel Poplin of Albemarle; two greatgrandchildren,
Brily Elizabeth Moore and Ellie Grace Moore of Mocksville; and a sister?in?law, Jeannie
Barringer of Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.
The family will receive friends from 5 ?8 p.m. Saturday at Stanly Funeral Home, 1835 Badin Road,
Albemarle. Her funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Anderson Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Ron
Honeycutt and Rev. Robert Garrett will officiate and burial will be at Stanly Gardens of Memory.
Memorials may be made to Anderson Grove Baptist Church, 2225 East Main Street, Albemarle, NC
28001 or GHA, Autism Supports,?P. O. Box 2487, Albemarle, NC 28002.
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