Barbara Spencer Carter

Barbara "Bobbie" Jeanne Spencer Carter, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at Penn Nursing Center in Reidsville.

A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, March 8, at First Presbyterian Church in Eden. Pastor Peter Smith, Reverend Jay Click and Dr. Benjamin Williams will preside over the services. Burial will follow in Lawson Cemetery.

Mrs. Carter was born August 16, 1929 in Leaksville, NC. She was the daughter of the late George Thomas Spencer and Ellie Robertson Spencer. Bobbie was a Charter Member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church in Eden. She was a graduate of Leaksville High School, Class of 1947 and attended Southern Seminary and Junior College in Buena Vista, Virginia. She also completed a dental assistant course at University of North Carolina and received her NC Real Estate Brokers License in 1986. Bobbie worked for 26 years with her daughter at Bunnies Florist, helping her in various capacities including delivery, bookkeeping and general operations.

She is survived by her daughter Jan Lynn; and a grandson, Spencer Alan Milam.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Fetzer Carter; daughter, Barbara "Bunnie" Carter Slaughter; and infant son, Charles Bernard Carter.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 12:30 pm to 2 PM, prior to the service, at First Presbyterian Church.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com