Barbara enjoyed being a schoolteacher at Barnes Elementary School for many years. She enjoyed reading, going for walks and loved animals. She was a member of First Southern Baptist Church for 48 years.
She is survived by her husband Jim of 57 years, two children, Brett Beaver and wife Melodie, and Shelley Stewart and her husband Joseph, nine grandchildren, Tyler Shannon, Azalea Stewart, Magnolia, Lilette, Linnea, Amaryllis, Maria, Oliver and Ezra Beaver, and her great grandson Mason Shannon.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Bill.