Luther Pilkington
October 10, 1918 - July 28, 2010Luther Pilkington, age 91, died Wednesday evening at his home. Born October 10, 1918 in Johnston County to the late Ed and Millie Price Pilkington, he was a member of the Selma Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 6:00 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home with the Rev. Harmon Smith and the Rev. Wayne Ellis officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. The burial will take place at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens.
Surviving are his wife, Myrtle Hudson Pilkington; sons, Bobby Pilkington and wife Georgia of Smithfield, Tom Pilkington and wife Gaye of Raeford and Charles Pilkington and wife Denise of Clayton; daughter, Jane Batten of Wendell; 7 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 2 step great grandchildren.