Annie Katrina Fowler Pinkerton

Annie Katrina Fowler Pinkerton, age 84, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 22, 2024, at her home in Stone Mountain, Georgia where she lived with Ray, her husband of 62 years. Kay happily grew up on a farm in Molena, Georgia surrounded by the love of her parents Barron and Hazel and her five siblings. She was active in 4-H, winning blue ribbons for her baking on more than one occasion. Kay was a 1957 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Thomaston, Georgia and a graduate of The Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing. While in Atlanta, Kay met Ray initially at First Baptist Church Atlanta and then again at a YMCA dance, marrying after Kay’s graduation. Kay worked at both Piedmont Hospital and the Georgia Tech Infirmary while Ray finished his degree at Tech. Kay’s love of adventure saw her accompany Ray as an Army wife and mother first to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, then to Fort Monmouth, NJ and onto Germany for a total of five years. Upon their return to the States, Ray and Kay settled in Stone Mountain where Kay raised their three children spending time driving between sports, dance, scouts, and volunteering at school. When her children were all in school, Kay began a third career as a para-professional teacher at Rockbridge Elementary School where she taught and served as the “unofficial” school nurse for 31 years. Through the years, Kay loved dancing, swimming, walking, camping, cooking, baking, sewing, reading, gardening, fishing, traveling, family gatherings, riding roller coasters, volunteering at and attending Scottish festivals, puzzles, playing games including Setback and cheering on Georgia Tech and Atlanta sports. She delighted in visiting numerous countries in Europe, the UK, Hawaii, and road tripping through North America. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing, remembering most of her beloved hymns, show tunes and songs of her youth by heart. Kay was raised in the Baptist church instilling in her early the knowledge and enjoyment of the Scripture and her faith, love, and hope that she continued to impart on all around her. She was an active church member at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church for 56 years where she was a Circle member, taught Sunday School, kept the nursery, baked the bread and setup the sacraments for Communion and served as an Elder. More recently, Kay had cherished her new church family at Eastminster, where she enjoyed seeing old friends from MDPC and making new ones. Kay was an inspiration to all who met her. She was a genuinely kind Southern lady, who always had a smile and encouraging words for anyone she spoke with. Though physical pain and suffering had riddled her body in the last years of her life, she never complained openly about her pain, remaining faithful and optimistic, noting the positives of each day in her daily Gratitude Journal, with the last entry being on the 21st of June. Kay was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Sylvia and Gail. She is survived by her husband Ray and her children Marie (Joe), Rick (Beth), and Melanie (Alan), her grandchildren, Jacob, Joshua, Anna and Claire and her siblings, Barry (Janis), Marion (Louis), David (Lu) and Judy (Bob), along with many beloved cousins, nieces and nephews all of whom never failed to receive a card on their birthdays from their Aunt Kay. A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving will be held at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 5801 Hugh Howell Rd, Stone Mountain, GA 30087, on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm with reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.