Barbara Lynn Adkins, 71 of Barbourville, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at the Baptist Health Hospital in Corbin. She was born in Bell County on January 18, 1955, a daughter of the late KC Brown and Pearlie M. Sanders Brown Giles. Barbara was a loving mother and grandmother. She loved watching crime and medical shows, and a good cold Diet Mountain Dew. Barbara had been a Registered Nurse for Barbourville ARH.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E Adkins; brother, Michael Brown and wife, Sharon; and brother, Patrick N. Brown.
Barbara is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Alyssia and Chris Gray and Paula and Mark Philpot; grandchildren, Christian Gray, Layla Gray, Tristan and Kristin Philpot, and Amber and Matthew Smith; great-grandchildren, Adaline Philpot, Charlotte Philpot, and Mallory Smith; siblings, Anne Marie and Thomas Mus, David Giles, and Yvonne and Hoss Napier; nieces and nephews, Nick Frye, Christina Poynter, Sarah Mus, Laura Mus, and Casey Brown; fellow “mother-in-law”, Darlene Bingham; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Private services were held by Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Pineville, which is honored to serve the Adkins Family.
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