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Virginia Lou <I>Nance</I> Barnard

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Virginia Lou Nance Barnard

Birth
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
Death
7 Jan 2008 (aged 81)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Virginia Nance Barnard, age 81, of Oak Ridge, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at Brakebill Nursing Home in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mrs. Barnard was born Sept. 9, 1926, in Ripley, Miss., to the late Mack Bolden and Kittie Turner Nance. She accepted Christ as savior as a young girl at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church in Faulkner, Miss. She attended Oak Ridge Bible Church.

Mrs. Barnard was retired from St. Mary's, Parkwest, and Oak Ridge hospitals as a medical transcriptionist. She attended Delta State Teachers College. Mrs. Barnard worked from 1944-1947 at Y-12 loading uranium into the Electromagnetic Isotope Separation process Calutrons. She also worked at X-10 and TVA in the 1960s and '70s as a secretary.

She was a member of the American Association of Medical Transcriptionist, Boy Scouts den mother, Girls Scouts leader, PTA volunteer, and member of the League of Women Voters, Oak Ridge Chapter. She enjoyed quilting, sewing and cooking.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Robert Johnson Barnard; brothers, Darrell Nance and Rucks Nance; and one sister, Billye Oldham.

Mrs. Barnard is survived by two sons, George Barnard and wife, Jan, of Michigan, and Richard Barnard and wife, Betty, of Clarksville; three daughters, Patricia Young and husband, Tom, of South Carolina, Susan Turner and husband, Wendell, of Knoxville, and Roberta (Kathy) Bryant and husband, Bringle, of Florida; one sister, Maxine Powell of Florida; and four brothers, Ruben Nance of Florida, and Adolph, Wiley, and Nick Dan Nance of Mississippi. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, Andrew Young, Brian Turner, Johnny Smith, Richard Bryant, John Bryant, David Bryant, Ruth Young Quincannon, Ginger Young, Susan Young, Rebecca Turner DeVinney, Michelle Smith Akins, Janell Barnard and Sara Barnard Flory; and also by seven great-grandchildren, Abby Young, Dylan Young, Brayden Turner, Stephen Smith, Bailey Smith, Garvin Akins, and Meredith Akins.

The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ruben Nance (brother of Mrs. Barnard) and the Rev. Roy Zinn, associate pastor of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, officiating. Mrs. Barnard and her husband will be interred side by side in the services on Saturday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. George Rymer of Knoxville is an honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, at Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home.

The family wishes to thank all the staff of Brakebill Nursing Home for their love and care of Virginia during her stay. Special thanks to Dr. Pearman, Donna, Cooper, Barbara, and Jean. Also, the family wishes to thank Dr. Mark Bowles and Dr. Helen Vodopick.

Online messages my be sent to www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com.

Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Published in The Oak Ridger, January 10, 2008
Virginia Nance Barnard, age 81, of Oak Ridge, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at Brakebill Nursing Home in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mrs. Barnard was born Sept. 9, 1926, in Ripley, Miss., to the late Mack Bolden and Kittie Turner Nance. She accepted Christ as savior as a young girl at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church in Faulkner, Miss. She attended Oak Ridge Bible Church.

Mrs. Barnard was retired from St. Mary's, Parkwest, and Oak Ridge hospitals as a medical transcriptionist. She attended Delta State Teachers College. Mrs. Barnard worked from 1944-1947 at Y-12 loading uranium into the Electromagnetic Isotope Separation process Calutrons. She also worked at X-10 and TVA in the 1960s and '70s as a secretary.

She was a member of the American Association of Medical Transcriptionist, Boy Scouts den mother, Girls Scouts leader, PTA volunteer, and member of the League of Women Voters, Oak Ridge Chapter. She enjoyed quilting, sewing and cooking.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Robert Johnson Barnard; brothers, Darrell Nance and Rucks Nance; and one sister, Billye Oldham.

Mrs. Barnard is survived by two sons, George Barnard and wife, Jan, of Michigan, and Richard Barnard and wife, Betty, of Clarksville; three daughters, Patricia Young and husband, Tom, of South Carolina, Susan Turner and husband, Wendell, of Knoxville, and Roberta (Kathy) Bryant and husband, Bringle, of Florida; one sister, Maxine Powell of Florida; and four brothers, Ruben Nance of Florida, and Adolph, Wiley, and Nick Dan Nance of Mississippi. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, Andrew Young, Brian Turner, Johnny Smith, Richard Bryant, John Bryant, David Bryant, Ruth Young Quincannon, Ginger Young, Susan Young, Rebecca Turner DeVinney, Michelle Smith Akins, Janell Barnard and Sara Barnard Flory; and also by seven great-grandchildren, Abby Young, Dylan Young, Brayden Turner, Stephen Smith, Bailey Smith, Garvin Akins, and Meredith Akins.

The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ruben Nance (brother of Mrs. Barnard) and the Rev. Roy Zinn, associate pastor of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, officiating. Mrs. Barnard and her husband will be interred side by side in the services on Saturday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. George Rymer of Knoxville is an honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, at Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home.

The family wishes to thank all the staff of Brakebill Nursing Home for their love and care of Virginia during her stay. Special thanks to Dr. Pearman, Donna, Cooper, Barbara, and Jean. Also, the family wishes to thank Dr. Mark Bowles and Dr. Helen Vodopick.

Online messages my be sent to www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com.

Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Published in The Oak Ridger, January 10, 2008


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