Barbara Ellen Lane

Barbara Ellen Lane

Barbara Ellen Lane of Charlottesville, Virginia, passed away to her heavenly home on Friday evening, June 18, 2010.

She was born in Hinton, West Virginia, where she met and married the love of her life. Their union spanned 62 years and was only briefly interrupted by his passing last year. What a heavenly reunion there must have been this Friday past.

Her face in her later years was one wrinkled by a life time of smiles and laughter. She was well known by her friends and family for her quick wit and charm. She was always there to help celebrate accomplishment and ease the disappointment of failure. Her ear was always made available for those in need of a listener and her Christian love was available to help the healing. For all of us fortunate enough to have known her there will always be a place in our heart left empty by her absence.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Floyd; her parents, Lacey and Leona Ratliff; her brother, Junior; and a sister, Eloise Cooper.

She is survived by her sisters, Polly Keaton of Nimitz, West Virginia, and Martha Heartly of Virginia Beach. She leaves behind her four children, Floyd A. Lane and his wife, Rebecca of Covington, John M. Lane and his wife, Mary, of Palmyra, Rebecca M. Bond of Afton, and Joseph L. and his wife, Deborah, of Charlottesville; her grandchildren, Jonathan, Heather, John, Nathan, Sara, Ben, and Kevin; as well as her great- grandchildren, Kristie, Logan, Zach, Emily and Isaac will be among those mourning her loss.

The family will receive friends from 12 until 1 p.m. prior to the service at Mount Ed Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at Holly Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Ronald Nickell officiating.

Anderson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.