Elizabeth Lindsey Ogburn

It is with Christian love and sorrow we announce the passing of our wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Elizabeth Pinkston Lindsey Ogburn, 93. She died of natural causes July 29, 2019, at her home in Tallahassee, Florida.

The youngest of five children, she was born in Jerome, Idaho, March 8,1926 to Green Berry Pinkston and Belva Lockwood Coats Pinkston. After graduating from high school in Boise, Idaho, she completed her nurses training and worked at the Blackfoot Idaho State Mental Hospital. In 1946 she married LaMar Kingsley Lindsey in Pocatello, Idaho. In 1954 the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Divorced, a single mother of two young girls, she completed her Master's Degree in Nursing at the University of Utah while working full-time at the Veteran's Administration Hospital. In1966 she moved her family to Miami, Florida. Subsequently, she was appointed Supervisor of Psychiatric Nursing at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. While in Gainesville she met and married Dr. Benjamin Rivers Ogburn in 1970. After moving to Chattahoochee, Florida, Elizabeth was a faculty member at the Florida State University's College of Nursing (1972-1978), and later in Pensacola at the University of West Florida's College of Nursing (1878-1988). Her professional career was dedicated to serving the needs of her patients and her students. Consequently, through her teaching, she leaves a lasting legacy of skilled nursing professionals.

Not only did Elizabeth have an impact on the people she met throughout her career, her family will cherish unforgettable memories of her dynamic personality, her frankness, her council and advice, her wisdom, and her unending love. She is survived by her husband Benjamin Rivers Ogburn, MD; daughters Anne Lindsey, Chattanooga, TN; Kim Lindsey Basford (Al), Tallahassee, FL; and step-son Benjamin Rivers Ogburn Jr (Heather), Huntington Beach, CA.

In the week prior to her passing she had the opportunity to meet her one-month old great-grandson Knox Franklin Basford, Spanish Fort, AL, and visit with all of her grandchildren and their spouses. Grandchildren include Lindsey Joseph Helseth, Columbus, OH; Brian Rivers Basford (Leigh), Madison, FL; Charles Franklin Basford (Haley) Spanish Fort, AL; Sarah Elizabeth Basford, Tallahassee, FL; Harrison Rivers Ogburn and Bryce Wellington Ogburn, Huntington Beach, CA. Their grandmother's memory will live on forever in their hearts.

Upon retirement, Elizabeth and her husband divided their time between their beloved homes in South Bristol, ME and Napier, NZ where she loved to throw dinner parties, entertain her many close friends, watercolor, garden, observe and interact with wild-life, and antique. Perhaps her greatest passion was fishing which she learned as a young girl in Idaho.

At a later date, family and friends will gather at her island home in Maine to commemorate and celebrate Elizabeth's will-lived life.