Zelma Faye Barton
March 11, 1931 April 11, 2021
Zelma Faye Barton, 90, of Tiff City, Mo., died Sunday, April 11,
2021, in the comfort of her home, after a recent decline in health.
She was born March
11, 1931, in
Pea Ridge,
Ark., to the late John Andrew and Clora (Tabb) Goodnight. She was raised and attended school in Powell, Mo. On July 15, 1949, she married Marvin Barton. She was a homemaker and kept the books for her husband’s saw shop. She enjoyed quilting, craft projects, word puzzles and gardening. She was a charter member of Buffalo Creek Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 69 years, Marvin Barton (Dec. 2, 2018); two children, Doris Evans, John Barton; and four brothers, Harry, Hicks, Thurman, Lavon.
She is survived by her four children, Helen Humphrey (Mo) of Tiff City, Shirley Stogsdill of Grove, Nancy Barton of Southwest City, Rick Barton(Kathi) of Afton; 12 grandchildren; and a sister, Essie Ray Jenkins of Anderson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Buffalo Creek Baptist Church in Tiff City with Pastors Jared Proctor and Justin Steadman officiating. Burial will follow in the New Bethel Cemetery in Anderson.
Memorials are being directed to Buffalo Creek Baptist Church c/o the funeral home.
Online condolences: www. ozarkfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo.