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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Nancy Joan
Moore Barnett
August 21, 1932 – January 4, 2008
Obituary
Nancy Joan Moore Barnett 75
Nancy Joan Moore Barnett, 75 of Hillview Retirement Center in Portsmouth, died Friday, January 4, 2008 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Nancy was born August 21, 1932 in Portsmouth to the late Opal Merrill Walker and Hubert Collins Moore. She was a retired educator, having taught from 1965 through 1972 in Washington Local and Portsmouth City School Districts. When Scioto Technical College was founded, she began teaching English there in 1972 and left the local college in 1983, having attained the rank of Associate Professor at Shawnee State. Residing in Pasadena, Texas from 1983 until 1991, she was an instructor at San Jacinto College and taught at Pasadena High School. She was a graduate of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and was named a "Jennings Scholar" there in 1970. She earned her master's degree in English in 1970, graduating cum laude from Marshall Universtiy, Huntington, West Virginia.
Mrs. Barnett was a longtime member of Nauvoo United Methodist Church in West Portsmouth, a member of the Portsmouth chapters of the order of the Eastern Star and the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the Joseph Spencer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of several Ohio and Kentucky genealogical societies.
Surviving are her husband, Robert Wesley Barnett, Sr., whom she married April 28, 1951 in Nauvoo United Methodist Church, West Portsmouth; two sons: Dr. Robert (Stephanie) Barnett, Jr., of Ironton, Ohio; John Collins (Cathy) Barnett of Pasadena, Texas; two daughters: Judith Ann (Rob) Ellsesser-Painter of Bidwell, Ohio and Linda Sue (Ron) McCain of Portsmouth, Ohio; a sister, June Merrill Tolin of Mercer, Pennsylvania; and a brother, Hubert Thomas (Kathy) Moore of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Surviving also are eleven grandchildren: Alexandra Nicole Ellsesser, Caitlin Christine Ellsesser, and Joan Elizabeth Ellsesser, formerly of South Webster; Kathryn Marie Barnett, Robert Wesley Barnett, III, Sarah Elyse Barnett, and Trenton Chandler Barnett, all of Ironton, Ohio. Natalie Ann McCain and Mollie Mae McCain of Portsmouth; and J.C. Barnett, Jr., and Taylor Jane Barnett, both of Pasadena, Texas.
Funeral services will be 11AM Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at the Nauvoo United Methodist Church in West Portsmouth, with Reverend John Gowdy officiating and internment in Scioto Burial Park. Friends may call at the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home from 6 to 8PM Monday and at the church, one hour prior to the service.
Memorial contributions may be made in the form of donation to the Portsmouth Public Library in the memory of Mrs. Barnett. Condolences may be sent to www.rogerwdavisfuneralhome.com
Nancy Joan Moore Barnett, 75 of Hillview Retirement Center in Portsmouth, died Friday, January 4, 2008 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Nancy was born August 21, 1932 in Portsmouth to the late Opal Merrill Walker and Hubert Collins Moore. She was a retired educator, having taught from 1965 through 1972 in Washington Local and Portsmouth City School Districts. When Scioto Technical College was founded, she began teaching English there in 1972 and left the local college in 1983, having attained the rank of Associate Professor at Shawnee State. Residing in Pasadena, Texas from 1983 until 1991, she was an instructor at San Jacinto College and taught at Pasadena High School. She was a graduate of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and was named a "Jennings Scholar" there in 1970. She earned her master's degree in English in 1970, graduating cum laude from Marshall Universtiy, Huntington, West Virginia.
Mrs. Barnett was a longtime member of Nauvoo United Methodist Church in West Portsmouth, a member of the Portsmouth chapters of the order of the Eastern Star and the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the Joseph Spencer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of several Ohio and Kentucky genealogical societies.
Surviving are her husband, Robert Wesley Barnett, Sr., whom she married April 28, 1951 in Nauvoo United Methodist Church, West Portsmouth; two sons: Dr. Robert (Stephanie) Barnett, Jr., of Ironton, Ohio; John Collins (Cathy) Barnett of Pasadena, Texas; two daughters: Judith Ann (Rob) Ellsesser-Painter of Bidwell, Ohio and Linda Sue (Ron) McCain of Portsmouth, Ohio; a sister, June Merrill Tolin of Mercer, Pennsylvania; and a brother, Hubert Thomas (Kathy) Moore of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Surviving also are eleven grandchildren: Alexandra Nicole Ellsesser, Caitlin Christine Ellsesser, and Joan Elizabeth Ellsesser, formerly of South Webster; Kathryn Marie Barnett, Robert Wesley Barnett, III, Sarah Elyse Barnett, and Trenton Chandler Barnett, all of Ironton, Ohio. Natalie Ann McCain and Mollie Mae McCain of Portsmouth; and J.C. Barnett, Jr., and Taylor Jane Barnett, both of Pasadena, Texas.
Funeral services will be 11AM Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at the Nauvoo United Methodist Church in West Portsmouth, with Reverend John Gowdy officiating and internment in Scioto Burial Park. Friends may call at the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home from 6 to 8PM Monday and at the church, one hour prior to the service.
Memorial contributions may be made in the form of donation to the Portsmouth Public Library in the memory of Mrs. Barnett. Condolences may be sent to www.rogerwdavisfuneralhome.com
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