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Mrs. Pamela Gwen Barbaree, 59, of Panama City, FL passed away at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, FL on November 23, 2023. Graveside services will be held at Ft. Perry Baptist Church Cemetery on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Mike Toomey officiating. The family will greet friends at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista on Thursday evening from 6:00-8:00 PM.
Mrs. Barbaree was born May 7, 1964 in Buena Vista, GA to John William and Elsie Lee Moulton Weaver. She loved spending time with her family and loved her church family at Ft. Perry Baptist Church. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Franklin Barbaree, a sister, Kimberly Weaver Stubbs, and a step-son, Hugh Barbaree, II.
Survivors include her mother, Elsie Weaver of Buena Vista, GA; her daughter, Joan Barbaree Rogers and her husband, Donald of Panama City, FL; her son, Jacob Hubert Barbaree of Fountain, FL; a step-daughter-in-law, Tammy Barbaree of Panama City, FL; her sister, Lanette Howard; and three grandchildren, Elizabeth, Olivia and Daisy.
Flowers are acceptable or donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital at www.stjude.org
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1052 Dr. Deryl Hart Road P. O. Box 382, Buena Vista, GA 31803
Memories and condolences can be left on the obituary at the funeral home website.


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