Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Barber, Gertie Mae Taylor December 7, 2012
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The Berrien Press - December 19, 2012
 Gertie Mae Taylor Barber, 88, a lifetime resident of Berrien County, died De
December 7, 2012, at Berrien Nursing Center.
 Born September 16, 1924, in Worth County to the late Martin R. and Melissa H
Holloway Taylor, she was a loving wife and devoted Christian mother. She e
enjoyed sewing, cooking, visiting the elderly, playing the piano, and writing s
songs. As a teenager she sang and played the mandolin with the Taylor Q
Quartette. She was a lifelong member of Vickers Church.
 She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Theodore Barber; two sons, 
Don Barber and Wayne Barber; four brothers, James Taylor, Reuben Taylor, Riley 
Taylor and Rancil Taylor.
 Survivors include her children, Tommy and Patricia Barber, Michael Barber, 
Billy Barber, Roger Barber, Faith and Dean Noles, all of Nashville, Elaine and 
David Peugh of Cordele; 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, two great-great
great-grandchildren; 26 step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; six 
sisters, Trudie McNabb, Grace Friar, Josephine Joyce, Geraldine Champa, and 
Rudine Schmittou, all of West Berrien Community, and Ruth Harris of J
Jacksonville, FL.
 Funeral services were held December 11 at Vickers Church with the Revs. Donnie 
Sloan, Kenneth Mathews and Ronnie Lawson officiating. A eulogy was given by 
Angelique Witmer. Musical selections included “Sweetest Little Darling” by 
granddaughters, “I’ll Fly Away” by Stephanie Barber and Tiffany 
Richardson, “Beautiful Heaven” by Roger Barber, and “He is Mine, I am 
His,” “He’ll Hold my Hand,” and “This World is Not my Home” by the Paffords.
 Interment followed in the church in the church cemetery.
 Pallbearers were Matthew Barber, Jarrod Barber, Steven Barber, Scott Barber, 
Aaron Barber, Elijah Noles.
 Purvis Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 




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