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Barbara Staton Obituary
Barbara Lillian Tolley,( Powell,) Staton
On June 2, 2024, Barbara joined our Heavenly Family, with her family lovingly by her side, born on April 27, 1942, in Lynchburg Virginia.
Barbara was the daughter of the late Margaret T. Thomas and Joseph R. Tolley.
Barbara is survived by her son, Kenneth D. Powell, and his wife Christine, and two daughters, Pamela A. and her husband, Mike Jennings, and Barbara Ann, and her husband, Lynwood McMillan. She is also survived by numerous loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a cousin raised as a brother, Richard D McFerren, and two Sisters, Ada and her husband Buddy Ashley, and Patricia T Weeks.
Barbara is preceded in death by her son, Blake Eugene Powell, and her two brothers, James Ralph Tolley, and Lewis David Tolley.
Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is serving the family
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220 Breezewood Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502
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