E. Barber

E. C. Barber, 85 of Whitney, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, March 6, 2015, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney, with Chaplain Debbie Keele officiating. Burial will follow at Dresden Cemetery in Navarro County. Visitation will be held from Noon until 1:00 PM prior to the service.

E.C. was born on September 17, 1929, in Lancaster, to Edward Cleveland and Martha Elizabeth (Bass) Barber. On June 1, 1974, he married Ann Murphy and she preceded him in death on May 6, 1989. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict.

He began work at Ford Motor Plant in Dallas and later worked for Safeway as a truck driver for approximately 30 years. A driving instructor for MTS in Waxahachie, he also worked for Morgan Trucks in Corsicana before retiring in 2002.

Before moving to Whitney, he lived in Navarro County from 1976 until 2002. Enjoying the outdoors, he especially liked going to the lake and boating as well as taking long drives and watching western movies. He always enjoyed tinkering and working on a lawnmower or tractor.

Preceding him in death were his parents; son-in-law, Danny Higginbotham; three sisters and a brother.

Survivors include his children, Carolyn Higginbotham of Whitney, Brad Barber and wife, Tammy of Brookhaven, Mississippi, Jackie Cross and husband, Al Meissier of Newark, and Djuna Bourland and husband, Patrick of Martin’s Mill; twelve grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Providence Hospice, P.O. Box 573, Whitney, TX 76692.