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Rev. Edwin Benjamin Barbour
October 14, 1947 - August 12, 2011
The Reverend Edwin Benjamin Barbour departed this life on Friday, August 12, 2011 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his children, Benjamin Gibson Barbour of Richmond, Margaret Allycen Barbour Williams, his son-in-law, John Harrell Williams, and their children, Jackson Maguyre, Keegan Gibson and Brodi Joella Williams, all of Waycross, Georgia; his former wife, Joella Faye Johnson Barbour of Glade Springs; sisters and brothers-in-law, Patsy B. Craig of Martinsville, Nancy B. and Charles T. Smith of Axton, and Julian “Buck” Kester of Martinsville
Ben Barbour was raised in the Sandy River community near Axton in Pittsylvania County and was a graduate of Tunstall High School, Ferrum College, Lynchburg College and Duke University School of Divinity.
Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at the Anderson Chapel United Methodist Church, 4437 Medical Center Road, Axton, VA , where a funeral service will be held Thursday, August 18th at 4pm with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
There will also be a memorial service at 2pm Saturday, August 20th, at Manakin Episcopal Church 985 Huguenot Trail, Midlothian, Virginia.
The family requests memorial gifts be made to the Anderson Chapel UMC Cemetery Fund or to Ferrum College, P.O. Box 1000, Ferrum, VA, 24088. On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.bassettfuneralservice.com. Bassett Funeral Service in Bassett is serving the family of Mr. Barbour.
Please visit the site:
http://www.bassettfuneralservice.com/new_view.php?id=79829
