Barbara Baker Grant of Louisville, Alabama

Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home

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Date: Feb 02 2016 3:25 PM

Barbara Baker Grant, 87, of Louisville, Alabama, who was born July 29, 1928, in Birmingham, passed away on January 30, 2016.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Hugh Kirk Baker and Edgar Hogan Baker.   

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Edwin Perry Grant, Jr., children Perry Mitchell Grant (Pat) and Edgar Baker Grant (Mary Glen), grandchildren Peyton Perry Grant, Paige Ellen Grant, William Baker Grant (Ashley), and Edwin Phillippi Grant (Kaylin Whitworth, fiancée).  She is also survived by her sister, Betty Baker Leath, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. 

Barbara graduated from Stetson University, and earned her Masters from Troy University.  She taught  public school in Andalusia, Ariton, and Louisville until retirement.  An active member of Louisville United Methodist Church, she taught Sunday Schools for many years, and served anywhere that was needed.  She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Louisville Garden Club.  For years she reported the Louisville News for the Clayton Record. 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to the following:  Louisville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 62, Louisville, AL 36048; Louisville Cemetery, P.O. Box 4, Louisville, AL 36048; or the Big Oak Ranch, P.O. Box 507, Springville, AL 35146.    

Memorial service at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at the Louisville United Methodist Church, with visitation following the service.  

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