TARBERT BARBARA JEAN (ST. PHILLIPS) Now at peace with her beloved husband, Wally, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She is preceded in death by her husband, Walter Rolland Tarbert, Jr. and survived by her children, Walter Rolland Tarbert III and wife Brie of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, David Franklin Tarbert II of Cleveland, OH and Judith Tarbert Sierra and husband John; grandchildren, Brooke Shaw Sierra and David Tarbert Sierra. Babs, as she was better known, was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 19, 1936 where she met and married her best friend, Wally, on February 1, 1955. She was an accomplished artist for which she earned her alma mater's, Centenary College Distinguished Alumni Award. Listed in the Who's Who of Interior Design, she started her own successful design firm in 1975 and was known for her creative ability to mix fabrics. Babs was an active volunteer, especially in all organizations centered around the arts. In 1968 she was awarded the Carroll Award for Leadership and Unselfish Service to Others while residing in Brookfield, WI. As a board member of Huntington Playhouse, she spearheaded their first fundraiser Barefoot in the Park. After relocating to her native Pittsburgh, she was an active member of Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel Garden Club, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh Opera Guild, and Pittsburgh Garden Center. Her dear friends in Cleveland and Pittsburgh will remember Babs as a vivacious lover of all arts who treasured her time in Hilton Head with the love of her life, Wally. The family would like to sincerely thank the staff at Sunrise of Raleigh Assisted Living for their years of caring for Miss Babs and their loving care in the last days of her life. A memorial service will be held in Pittsburgh, PA on October 26 at 2 p.m. at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, 384 Fox Chapel Rd., Fox Chapel, PA 15238 in order to enable all of those she held dear to be present. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607. BROWN-WYNNE FUNERAL HOME, 300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605. Condolences may be sent to: www.brownwynne.com Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb