Obituary of Barbara Ann Wilkins

Mrs. Barbara Ann Wilkins of Ozark passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at her home following complications of a brief illness. She was surrounded by family as she made her transition to the arms of Jesus. She was 80 years old. Funeral services will be 10:30 A. M. Thursday, January 19, 2017, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark with Reverend Jim Hill officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Thursday morning from 9:00 A.M. until service time. Mrs. Wilkins was born January 19, 1936 in Norfolk, Virginia. Barbara was a servant, a loving wife, Momma and Granny. She served the public for nearly twenty years at Wal-Mart until her retirement in 2001. She was preceded in death by her parents, David Glazier and Myrtle Elizabeth Hayes Glazier; her brother, Robert “Bobby” Glazier; her foster mother, Sadie Howland; her foster brother, Jimmy Howland; and her brother-in-law, Sam Jimmerson. Survivors include her grade-school sweetheart and loving husband of 59 years, James Edward “Ed” Wilkins, Sr. of Ozark, AL; one son, James Edward “Eddie” Wilkins, Jr. (Kathy) of Tampa, FL; one daughter, Sondra (Gerald) Wynn of Skipperville, AL; five grandchildren, Tiffany (Adam) Howell of Black, AL, Kathryn (Gaige) Crooms of Minot, ND, Ella and Katie Wilkins of Tampa, FL, and Josh Wynn of Ozark, AL; three great grandchildren, Stetsen, Sandyn, and Sara-Laine Howell; one sister, Addie Jimmerson of Ozark, AL; one brother, Samuel (Pat) Glazier of Castle Hayne, NC; three sisters-in-law, Doris Wilkins and Frances Anderson of Raleigh, NC, Inez Glazier of Beaver Dam, NC. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Attn: Tribute Department, St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 (stjude.org); or you might donate blood in her memory. Service Information