The funeral service for Drucilla Ivester Barrett, 81, of Cornelia, was held Monday, April 12, at New Vision Worship Center in Baldwin, with the Rev. Devin OKelly, the Rev. Courtney Umbehant, and the Rev. Mickey Umbehant officiating. Burial followed in Level Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Mitchell officiating.
Mrs. Barrett passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at Habersham Home West following an extended illness.
Born April 24, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Garnet and Cara Turpin Ivester. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Lester Ivester, William Ivester, Hoyt Ivester, Lamar Ivester, Abraham Ivester, and Frank Ivester; sister, Sally Erwin; and granddaughter, Kristie Umbehant.
She was a homemaker and pastors' wife for the majority of her life. She served congregations, alongside her husband, in Hiawassee, Greensboro, Hogansville, Canon, Union Point, and Baldwin. She worked outside the home as a textile’s inspector for Tugaloo River Boxer Company in Toccoa for several years. She was voted the Neatest Person in her 1956 South Habersham High School Graduating Class. Mrs. Barrett was a member of New Vision Worship Center.
She is survived by her husband of 65 years, the Rev. Johnny Barrett; daughters and sons-in-law, Teresa and Mickey Umbehant, Tammy and Mike Murray, and Melissa and David Klopschinski; sister, Frances Erwin; grandchildren, Courtney Umbehant (Natalie), Summer O'Kelly (Devin), Autumn Brown (Timmy), Mason Murray (Rebekah), Jeremy Dooley (Lacie), Taylor McGahee (Kaleb), and Nicholas Klopschinski (Alexis); great-grandchildren, Noah and Olivia Umbehant, Colby, Liana, and Trenton O'Kelly, Landon, Jackson, Walker, and Emmalyn Brown, Lily, Ella Rose, and Charlie Dooley, and Hunter, John Thomas, Kolt, and Gabriel McGahee; and several nieces and nephews.
To sign the online guest register and leave personal condolences to the family, please visit stricklandfh.com.
Strickland Funeral Home of Lavonia is in charge of the arrangements.