Ethel Mae Barrett

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. • John 14:1-3 •

Ethel Mae Barrett was born October 20, 1929 in Edgecombe County, NC to the late Will Barrett and Mandy Taft Barrett. She departed this life on October 27, 2022 at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC. She was one of ten children whom all preceded her in death.

Ethel became a member of Arthur Chapel at an early age. She was a member of the No. 2 choir and was a faithful member until her health failed. She was employed by AC Monk in Farmville, NC for many years and also Decca in Washington, NC.

Ethel leaves to celebrate her passing her two loving sons, Lee Jr. (Bonnie) and James Earl (Shirley) Barrett both of Greenville, NC; six grandchildren, Donta Barrett and Damian Barrett both of Greenville, NC, Tanya Barrett of Dallas TX, Ethel Barrett of Laurel, MD, Elizabeth Mercer
of Farmville, NC, Kimberly Barrett Gant of Raleigh, NC; sixteen great-grandchildren, Dontarius, Damesha, Damian Jr. Barrett, Keiandra Williams and Marion Reddick, Jatavia Barrett and Dyquell Bunn, Taniya and Dionte Barrett, Donterion, Kemiya, Damiysa Barrett, Paris and London Barrett, and
Destiny Worsley; ten great-great-grandchildren; five goddaughters: Lenora Holloway, Lena Mae Adams, Lachell Barrett, Frances Howard of the home and Geraldine Perkins of Greenville, NC; a god-son/nephew, Diego Newton of Philadelphia, PA; her caregiver, Marie Adams Brantley of
Greenville, NC, and a host of other relatives and friends