Barbara Ann Fears

Mrs. Barbara Ann Wilson Fears, of Dothan, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 following an extended illness. She was 55.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2009 at the United Pentecostal Church in Dothan with Pastor Joe Patterson and Pastor Phillip Harrellson officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at the church.

Her journey on this earth was not easy, but her faith in Jesus Christ, her personal Lord and Savior made this journey possible. She was a light in a dark world that needs more light like her. She never failed to show her light to everybody. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved her church family and was dedicated to the people she loved. She was a very loving and giving person. She loved baking and cooking. Barbara’s passion was always if you feed people, you can make them happier. She loved taking care of all the people she loved. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. Her journey on this earth has ended, but has only begun in Heaven.

Mrs. Fears was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Christine Wilson and a sister, Ledale Campbell.

Barbara is survived by her husband of 35 years, James Robert Fears, Jr., Dothan; her three sons, James Robert Fears III and his wife Jamie, El Dorado, AR, Timothy Mark Fears and his wife Amber, Headland, AL, and Brian Anthony Fears and his wife Natalie, Dothan, AL; her five grandchildren, Lauren, Haydden and Allison Fears, Melissa and Madalyn Williams; her two sisters, Louise McLyn, Waynesboro, TN, Betty Coats, Florence, AL; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Serving as active pallbearers will be Tom Ulry, Johnny Loveless, John Cureton, Bobo Dyson, Scott Sanders, and Jerry Mills.