Barbara Ann Kearns, 75, of Hartville, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.
She was born Sept. 23, 1946, in Hartville, Mo. to Ernest and Edith (Scarborough) Lawson.
Barbara was preceded in death by one daughter, Kelley Whittenburg; one granddaughter, Kayanna Whittenberg; one brother, Sammy Lawson; one infant sister, Vada Lawson; one son-in-law, Ray Garson; one brother-in-law, Bill Pasley, and a special nephew, Varian Sawyers.
Survivors include three children, Jr. Kearns and his wife Casey of Hartville; Tonya Garson of Norwood, and Wesley Kearns and his wife Monica of Willow Springs; six brothers and sisters, Virginia Long and her husband Vernon, Shawon Sawyers and her husband Vernon, Larry Lawson and his wife Connie, Linda Hicks and her husband Jerry, Suzy Pasley, and Noah Lawson; nine grandchildren, Rickey, Devin, Bryanna, RJ, Holdyn, Sommer, Jocelyn, Hudson, and Weston; five great-grandchildren, Parker, Emmerson, Langston, Anniston, and Lyric, and many nieces and nephews and other family.
A graveside service and burial for Barbara Ann Kearns will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at Bethel Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home of Hartville. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home in Hartville.
