Iva Blanche Barrett

Published 5:28 pm Tuesday, February 9, 2021

By Holley Cochran

Funeral services for Mrs. Iva Blanche Barrett were at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Saulters-Moore Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Barrett, age 90, passed away from this life on Saturday, January 30, 2021, at her residence in Carson.  Rev. Eddie Hartfield will officiate. Interment followed in the Greens Creek Cemetery.

Saulters-Moore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were John Fagan, Brad Barrett, Joey Barrett and Brent Musgrove.

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Iva Blanche Barrett was born on Dec. 25, 1930, in Covington County to Hatcher Rowell and Annie Mae Barnett Rowell. Mrs. Barrett was a homemaker but had previously worked as a seamstress at garment plants in Prentiss, Bassfield and Sumrall. She was a member of the Greens Creek Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald Barrett; one son; and two brothers.

Mrs. Barrett is survived by two sons, Jerry Edwin Barrett of Carson and Bradford Barrett of Carson; two daughters, Angela Barrett of Carson and Teresa Fagan of Carson; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation was Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, from noon until 2:00 p.m. at Saulters-Moore Funeral Home.

Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com.

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