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Barbara Holston Obituary
Barbara E. Holston, 81, of Terre Haute passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Terre Haute. She was born February 23, 1942 in Darfork, Kentucky to Reverend James Curtis and Reverend Laura (Hicks) Lykins. Barbara graduated from Butler University with a degree in English and was a licensed cosmetologist for Merle Norman.
Barbara is survived by her daughters, Dr. Barbara Jones, Theresa Wagle (Kenny), Lisa Hartman (David), and Annamaria Holston (Chip) and Jamie Nicole Willis (Kevin); special granddaughter Barbara Etta Holston (Matthew) and many other grandchildren and great-grandchildren; as well as brother Arnold Lykins. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Robert Holston, son Garth Holston, daughter Lynn R.M. Holston and son-in-law Reverend Curt Jones, brothers Reverend Wiley Lykins, and James Curtis (JC) Lykins, and sister Reverend Sue Hacker.
Visitation will be Wednesday March 15, 2023 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm in Samaritan Funeral Home with a funeral service at 1:00 pm in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.samaritanfunerals.com
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Laura Lykins Webster
March 15, 2023
My first memory of Aunt Barbara was that she is as beautiful as Sophia Loren. Men would travel for miles from Cincinnati and Indianapolis to woo her in the very rural Indiana town of Weisburg Indiana. I especially recall an Italian chef from Cincinnati who drove a red convertible sports car who allowed us little ones to sit in the back seat while he took her for a ride and somehow at 3 years old I knew how precious she was. Aunt Barbara was beautiful from her nose to her toes. She was intelligent and loving and exotic and right now reminds me of Elvis. They had the same upbringing and the same star over their heads. All of us nieces wanted to be the bright shining star she was. We hoped to inherit her genes and attributed our own successes to whatever we had inherited from Aunt Barbara. I still wish to become the lady I witnessed in you!
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