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Morris Shadrick Barber
Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:59 PM CDT
October 5, 2009
Morris Shadrick Barber, 88, of Belgreen,Ala. passed away Monday, October 5, 2009 at Russellville Hospital.
Mr. Barber was a lifelong resident of Franklin County and member of Belgreen Methodist Church. He was a member of Belgreen Masonic Lodge and served in the United States Army during WWII. He was a retired machinist from Reynolds Metals Company.
At age 71, he built a potter's wheel and fulfilled his childhood dream ofmaking things from clay. His message to anyone, young or old, is to never give up on a dream. It's never too late to do what you have always wanted to do.
Funeral service will be Thursday, October 8, 2009, 3 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville with Frank Billingham officiating. Burial will follow in Belgreen Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Survivors include wife, Evelyn Taylor Barber; children, Johnny Barber and wife, Betty Sue, Alta Ann Wilson and husband, Mack, Rebecca South and husband, Robert, Janice Frederick and husband, Lester; grandchildren, Heather Boyd, Wesley Hester, Cale Frederick, Will South; great-grandchildren,Layne Boyd, Audrey Boyd, Abby Boyd, Cohen Hester, Claire Frederick and Mary Ellis Hester.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Hester, Cale Fredrick, Will South,Heath Boyd, Michael B. Hargett and Mark Taylor.
Honorary bearers will beSteve Taylor, J.O. Lemay, Jimmy Taylor, Larry Taylor, Steve Hester, Ronnie Hovater, Donald Taylor, Dan Hargett and Neal Hargett.
He was preceded in deathby parents, Martin and Pearl Barber; sisters, Mattie Davis and Mary Cox.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Building Fund Belgreen Methodist Church or charity of your choice.