After graduating from Athens High School, Barbara moved to Birmingham and attended Massey Business College. She was first employed at Southern Wooden Ware Co. and then Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad (TCI). While living in Birmingham, she met her husband of 35 years, Richard Earl Killette, and they were married November 5,1957.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and two older brothers, William Edward Vinson and Marvin Vinson. She is survived by two daughters, Laura Killette Fugit (David) and Elizabeth Killette Saar (Eric); and three grandchildren, Lauren Fugit Tennant (Blake), Margaret Elizabeth Saar, and Eric Grayson Saar.
Throughout her life, Barbara enjoyed working in her yard and tending her pots of flowers, birdwatching on her deck overlooking her beautiful backyard and creek, trips to the Gulf Coast and Fairhope, family events and dinners, and she especially loved to read. She was a regular visitor to Hoover Library and always came home with a big bag of books to enjoy.
Barbara was a member of Shades Mountain Garden Club, a past member of Homewood Church of Christ, and a longtime member of Shades Mountain Church of Christ.
She was a kind, loving, and generous wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, and she will be greatly missed by her family and all who knew her.
A private family gathering is being planned to celebrate Barbara's life.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to the Hoover Library Foundation or Aldridge Gardens, Hoover, Alabama.
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