Barbara Woodall

Barbara Ann Bennett Woodall, 85, died Monday, May 9, 2022, at her home in Dallas, Georgia, passing away peacefully in her bed with her family close by and Alan Jackson’s “I Want to Stroll Over Heaven With You” playing in the background.

A beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Barbara modeled her Christian faith in the way she cared for and took care of others, including her late husband, Carl, and oldest sister, Louise.

Those who knew her will cherish memories of a woman who was generous, loving, fiercely independent and honest to a fault. Beset by significant health problems in her final years, she made it a point to share her love of Jesus with the doctors, nurses and other caregivers who crossed her path, blessing them even as they blessed her.

Born in the midst of the Great Depression, Barbara was raised in Kingston, Georgia, and graduated from Cass High School. She was the youngest of six daughters of George and Mary Elmyra (Williams) Bennett, all of whom have preceded her in death.

These incredible sisters and the amazing men they married – Louise Clark (Lewis), Ruth O’Conor (Joe), Ann Rush (Dan), Doris Pendley (the Rev. Ottis) and Kathleen Leonard (Harold) – remained close all their lives, loving and supporting one another in good times and bad while raising families of their own.

Barbara spent her last year living with her son, Rick, and daughter-in-law, Tracy (Morris), taking great joy and pride in grandson Jackson and granddaughter Kaitlyn. Other survivors include son, Keith, and his family, among them granddaughter, Melissa; as well as numerous nieces and nephews who forever were close to her heart.

Her service was held Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, Georgia, led by the Rev. Eric Davenport, pastor of Wilscot Baptist Church in Morganton.

She then was buried next to her husband in the Bennett family plot in Kingston’s city cemetery, not far from the house where she grew up.