Joe Barrett

THE OBITUARY FOR MR. JOE BARRETT OFFICIATING MINISTERS - REV. JAMES BOWLING JR., REV. EUGENE ROBERTS, & REV. TAYLOR ADAMS JOE BARRETT BORN AUGUST 19, 1931 AT ESSIE, KENTUCKY. DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2009 AT ROCKCASTLE HOSPITAL & RESPIRATORY CARE CENTER IN MT. VERNON, KENTUCKY. AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING JOE WAS 77 YEARS OF AGE. BY OCCUPATION JOE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER FOR SHAMROCK COAL COMPANY FOR 20 YEARS, AND A RETIRED LOGGER FOR COLLETT LOGGING FOR 25 YEARS. JOE WAS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF LESLIE COUNTY & WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOWENS CREEK UNTIED BAPTIST CHURCH AT ESSIE, KENTUCKY. JOE'S HOBBIES INCLUDED HUNTING, FISHING, & GARDENING. JOE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS: PARENTS - TAYLOR & MALLIE COLLETT BARRETT. BROTHER - HARRISON BARRETT. SISTER - ELIZABETH COLLETT. MR JOE BARRETT LEAVES THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES SURVIVING: WIFE - BETSY COLLETT BARRETT - ESSIE, KENTUCKY. SON - RALPH BARRETT & VERONICA DANIELLE & THEIR SON: JOSEPH "LITTLE JOE" WILLIAM HENRY BARRETT, ESSIE, KENTUCKY. BROTHER - WILEY BARRETT & BRENDA GAIL - ESSIE, KENTUCKY. SISTERS - OPAL BAILEY - ESSIE, KENTUCKY. BERNICE HOLLAND & GLENN - DAYTON, OHIO. ADA WHITEHILL - IOWA. SPECIAL FRIENDS - BOBBY & JUANITA. SPECIAL NIECE - RUTH HOLLAND. JOE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES & FRIENDS THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND TO MOURN HIS PASSING. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. JOE BARRETT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2009 AT 2:00 P.M. AT BOWENS CREEK UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH AT ESSIE, KENTUCKY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING AT 5:00 P.M. AT BOWENS CREEK UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE BOWENS CREEK CEMETERY AT WOODSON FORK IN ESSIE, KENTUCKY. THE FOLLOWING WILL SERVE AS PALLBEARERS: GREG BARRETT, AUSTIN BARRETT, WILLIAM HUBBARD, STEVEN MORGAN, JOHN STEVEN COLLETT, MICHAEL BARRETT, JAMIE BARRETT, TRAVIS COUCH, TIM HOLLAND, AND TYRONE HUBBARD SIGN GUESTBOOK ONLINE AT WWW.WALKERFUNERALHOMESLLC.COM