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Lessie Barber Obituary
A native of Greene County, she was born November 21, 1912, the daughter of John Exum Heath and Mary Elizabeth Wooten Heath. Mrs. Barber was a member of Free Union F.W.B. Church in Greene County, the church in which she was raised and where she met her late husband, James Henry Barber, who preceded her in death in 1957. She lived most of her adult life in Goldsboro and retired from Belk's where she was a seamstress.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 20, at the chapel of Taylor-Tyson Funeral Service with the Rev. Ron Varner officiating. Interment will follow at the Snow Hill Cemetery.
Her surviving family includes her children, Jimmy Barber Jr. and wife, Gwendolyn, of Goldsboro, Dan Barber and wife, Diane, of Winston-Salem and Judy Barber Crow and husband, Gene, of New Bern; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces. She was preceded in death by a son, William Marshall Barber.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Taylor-Tyson Funeral Service, Snow Hill.
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Gail Holcomb
September 20, 2008
To the Barber family:
Please know that I sincerely regret the loss of Mrs. Barber. I wanted to say something that would comfort all of the family even in a small way. So, the words of Jesus came to my mind at John 5:28, 29: "The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out." Thus, we can cherish the hope of seeing once again our precious, dead loved ones in the resurrection. Please know that you're in our thoughts and prayers.
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