Eva Irene Barbee

EVA IRENE BARBEE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT QUAKER, MISSOURI ON MARCH 28, 1910. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELBERT AND LENA (MARTIN) CHAPMAN. EVA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON APRIL 23, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY- TWO YEARS AND TWENTY-SIX DAYS.
EVA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CARL BARBEE ON MAY 2, 1927 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN. CARL PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON JUNE 20, 1978.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, LEETTA BARBEE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, THREE SONS, CARL BARBEE JR. AND WIFE JUDY OF COMMERCE, OKLAHOMA, HOWARD BARBEE AND WIFE MARLENE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI AND WALLACE BARBEE AND WIFE TERESA OF BARNHART, MISSOURI, SEVENTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FORTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SIXTEEN GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, WANEDA FORINASH AND HUSBAND JAMES OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI AND ONE BROTHER, PAUL CHAPMAN AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR SISTERS, LUCILLE (MOSS) ST. GEMME, GLADINE BICK, ZELMA EATON AND HILDA CHAPMAN, FOUR BROTHERS, HADLEY CHAPMAN, HENRY CHAPMAN, HARRY CHAPMAN AND ROBERT CHAPMAN.
IRENE LOVED GROWING FLOWERS, CROCHETING, MAKING QUILTS AND HER SPECIALTY, MAKING HOMEMADE ROLLS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 3:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002 AND 8:30 AM TO 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL IN IRONDALE WITH REV. BRUCE TORRENCE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE, MISSOURI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE AARON BARBEE, ADAM BARBEE, MARK BARBEE, LINDELL BARBEE, RANDY BARBEE AND JEREMY PORTER.