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Marjorie J. Barnett, 75, of Parkersburg, died Sept. 25, 2001, at her home with her
family and friends.
She was born in Grantsville, Calhoun County, daughter of the late Andrew J. and
Violet Ball Bush. She grew up in the Kanawha area and attended the Kanawha
Methodist Church. She was a 1943 graduate of Parkersburg High School and a
1946 graduate of the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She
was also a graduate of the Ohio State University School of Obstetrics and
Gynecology as a Family Planning Nurse Practitioner.
After serving in the Army Nurses Corp during World War II, she was an
instructor at CCMH School of Nursing from 1958-1961. After working as a
private duty nurse and as a staff nurse at CCMH for many years, she then served
as Home Health Care Coordinator at CCMH prior to retiring from Planned
Parenthood in 1986. Marjorie was a past elder and youth leader at Beechwood
Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Lynelle C. Barnett of Columbus, Ohio, and Andrea
Lee Brown and her husband, Stephen of Parkersburg; two sons, Joseph Barnett
and his wife, Kathleen of Parkersburg, and Benjamin Barnett and his wife,
Lorraine of Coolville; one sister, Yvonne Bush White of Parkersburg; six
grandchildren, Barry J. Brown and Kelly Ann Cotton both of Columbus, Damon
Keith Brown of Havanna, Ill., Dena Hurst and Lauren Paige Barnett both of
Parkersburg, and Jason M. Barnett of San Diego, Calif.; three
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Harry R. Barnett; one
brother; and two sisters.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Leavitt Funeral Home of
Parkersburg, Sister Jean Colombo officiating. Interment will follow in Mount
Olivet Cemetery. Visitation is from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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