Evelyn Adams Barkley, 96, of Tifton, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Golden Living Center. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2007, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dr. Wayne Roe will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank McGill, Tom Joiner, Buddy Gaskins, Mark Gaskins, Lance Lever, Steve Dixon and Davis Carlson. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Barkley was born on August 19, 1910 in Tift County and was the daughter of Joe B. Adams and Kate McCrea Adams, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Calvin Barkley, who died June 25, 1996. She was retired from United Way of Atlanta and was a member of Tifton's First Baptist Church.
Ms. Barkley is survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Hilda Jo Adams Cartwright and her husband, H.L., of Tifton; two nieces, Doris Irwin and her husband, Walker, of Roswell, and Kathy Webb and her husband, George, of Omaha, Nebraska; one great niece, Hope Haney and her husband, Matt, of Omaha, Nebraska; and one great great niece, McKenna Haney of Omaha, Nebraska.
In lieu of flower, gifts may be made to Hospice of Tiftarea.