Photo courtesy of Andrews Funeral Home - Gloucester
Feb 27, 1943 - Sep 30, 2025
To the Barrack and Gazette Journal families , please accept my sincere sympathies . Ann was a wise,thoughtful,
loyal and caring co-worker and friend
when I worked at the Gazette. I will never forget her. Blessings to all whose lives she was a part of.
Stephanie (Loving)Midgett
Ojai, Ca.
Stephanie (Loving) Midgett
October 03, 2025 | Ojai, CA | Coworker
Helen “Ann” Egan Barrack, 82, of Hartfield, VA passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She was born in Altoona, PA and was the daughter of the late Jean Elizabeth and Vincent Eugene Cox. She was retired from the Gazette Journal where she was the secretary for John Warren Cooke and then worked as the Circulation Manager during the end of her tenure. She was a long-time member of Beulah Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Edward Roland Barrack and her children Stephen E. Caton (Kendall) Deborah J. Caton (Robert) and her stepdaughter Shelly M. Johnson (Darrell), sister Lucy J. Dyke (Lee) and grandchildren, Emily Crawford (Jack), Alexis Caton, Brett Kennedy (Janie Towler), Emagin Johnson and Ethan Johnson, great grandchildren Blair Crawford, Mia Wilson and Cash Crawford.
A service will be held Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Beulah Baptist Church in Ware Neck, VA. The family will receive visitors from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. A service and interment will follow. A reception is being hosted at the church following the service.
The family would like to give special thanks to the Riverside Hospice Team and the “girls” who worked in home to care for Ann.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation www.msfocus.org.
Andrews Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
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