Sylvia E. Barton

September 30, 1917 - September 13, 2007

Mrs. Sylvia Eveline Barton was born on Sunday, September 30, 1917, daughter of the late Walter Franklin and Banta Medsker Forbis. Mrs. Barton died Thursday, at the Craighead County Nursing Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 14 days. She was born in Lafe, Ark., and had lived in Trumann most of her lifetime before moving to Jonesboro six and a half years ago. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Barton was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Barton; one son, Joe Barton; one great-great-granddaughter, Tara Barton; two brothers, one sister, two half sisters and her parents. Survivors include three daughters, Diane Hardwick of Jonesboro, Betty Blackston of Bangor, MI., and Hazel Shoyrer of Chicago, IL.; three sisters; Hazel Phillips of Jonesboro, Rachel Harris of Memphis and Mary Hale of Wynne; two brothers, Denver Forbis of West Memphis, and Vernon Forbis of Harrisburg; 16 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Calvary Pentecostal Church in Trumann with Rev. Rickey Forbis and Rev. Frank Hardwick officiating. Burial will follow in the Harrisburg Memorial Park Cemetery in Harrisburg, Ark., under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. Active pallbearers will be Kevin Beaumont, Gary Holmes, John Forbis, Danny Harper, David Rogers and Mike Shannon. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. An online register can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.