Edith Barr

Edith Sills Barr, age 96, of West Jefferson, NC, died Monday, April 5, 2004 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Barr was born on April 22, 1907 in Concord, NC to Joseph and Nancy Creech Sills. She was a 1928 graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College. She was married in 1930 to the late Edward D. Barr. Mrs. Barr was a retired educator having served the Ashe County school system as a French and English instructor. In her retirement years she enjoyed reading.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Barr will be conducted Thursday afternoon, April 8, 2004 at 2:00 at West Jefferson United Methodist Church. The Rev. A.B. Weaver and The Rev. Kirk McNeill will officiate. Burial will follow in the West Jefferson Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 at West Jefferson United Methodist Church prior to the services.
Mrs. Barr is survived by a daughter: Betsy Hartzog of West Jefferson; granddaughter and spouse: Pam and Robert Andrews of Sparta, NC; grandson: Robert Hartzog of Boone, NC; five great-grandchildren: Emily Andrews and Molly Andrews of Sparta, NC; Bobby Hartzog, Hannah Hartzog, and Holden Hartzog of Boone, NC.
Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Barr was preceded in death by one brother: Joseph Sills of Hickory; two sisters: Mrs. Doris Broom of Hickory and Mrs. Bernice Hardin of Greensboro.
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Badger Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.