The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 24, 2018, from 10 until 11 a.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home in Jasper. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m., in the Kilgore-Green Chapel, with burial at Boldo Cemetery. Tommy Graves and Herman Pair will officiate.
Edeth was born in 1933 in Tennessee, one of 11 children. She was raised in Double Springs, then later married Robert affectionately known as “Honey” in 1953. They moved to Center Point in 1959, joined Hilldale Baptist Church and she was baptized there. While in Center Point she made many lifelong friendships. In 1994 they moved to Cullman County to Smith Lake, where they resided until her death. She enjoyed decorating her home and working in her flower garden, but most of all she loved her time with family and friends. She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her grandson, Kevin Barton; parents, Herbert and Martha Godsey; five brothers; and two sisters.
She is survived by her husband of 64 loving years, Robert Barton; children, Paul Barton (Sharon) and Judy Smith (David); grandchildren, Chad Barton, Cory Barton (Robin), April Birchfield (Jeremy), Amy McCoy (Chris), Thomas Clark (Shea), Robby Clark (Amanda), and Leslie Smith; great-grandchildren, Austin Barton, Cooper Barton, Clay Birchfield, Caleb Birchfield, Will Birchfield, Ela Birchfield, Aidan Clark, Baylee Clark, Alyssa Gore, Gabe Clark, Joshua McCoy, and Kendall McCoy; sisters, Ruby Jean, Loretta Whitman, and Nelly Alexander; a host of nieces, nephews, and other family members; and many friends.
The family would like to give a special thank you to the Southern Care New Beacon Hospice; her nurses, Greg, Tracey, and Alisha; and her aids, April and Jill, and the kindness shown by the Chaplin Gary Waddell. Also, a very special thank you to her wonderful caregivers, Misty Tyler and Leah Stewart.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Southern Care New Beacon Hospice.
Honorary pallbearers will be Austin Barton, Clay Birchfield, Caleb Birchfield, Will Birchfield, Aidan Clark, Gabe Clark, Joshua McCoy, and Cooper Barton.
Pallbearers will be Chad Barton, Cory Barton, Thomas Clark, Rob Clark, Jeremy Birchfield, and Chris McCoy.
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