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Wanda Barb Obituary

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Collier-Butler Funeral Home for Wanda Oden Barb, 51, of Gadsden, who passed away Dec. 24, 2007. The Revs. Van Lockridge and Mark Gidley will officiate and burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Blount County, near Altoona.

She is survived by her daughter, Leeann Westbrook; lifetime companion, Danny Robinson; mother, Reba Oden; father, James (Peggy) Oden; brother, Wendell (Marisa) Oden; sisters, Pam (Jackie) Foster, Karen (Chris) Smith, Teresa Angle and Jamie (Blaine) Heffner; numerous nieces and nephews; and special grandsons, Will and Jake Stovall.

Pallbearers will be Daniel and Adam Smith, Jimmy Foster, Kevin Parkerson, David Camp and Charlie Smith III.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to: The Memorial Account of Wanda Oden Barb at Community Credit Union, 320 Albert Rains Blvd., Gadsden, AL 35901 or any other branch office.

Special thanks to Dr. Steve Sanders, Dr. Dinish Parmar, Dr. Urbina, and the seventh-floor nurses and staff of Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

Her family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Collier Butler Funeral Home.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gadsden Times on Dec. 27, 2007.

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Barbara Ann Cunningham

December 27, 2007

You are in my thoughts & prayers. May your memories bring comfort in this time of loss.

Pam Wallace

December 27, 2007

Wanda was such a sweet soul and loving person. She will truly be missed.

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