In Memory

Barbara Brooks (Decatur)

Barbara Brooks Decatur, 64, of Fredericksburg died Sunday, July 26, 2009 at Mary Washington Hospital. She was the widow of Wayne C. Decatur.

Barbara was a native of Bowling Green and the daughter of the late Everett "Peck" and Doris Rollins Brooks. She was a graduate of James Monroe High School. She retired from the federal government as a Program Analyst with the Department of Army. Prior to retirement she served as a Program Executive Office Liaison for Communications.
Barbara was currently working as the Office Manager for Dennis K. Dodson State Farm Insurance in Fredericksburg. She was a member of Bowling Green United Methodist Church. She also served as a member of the Central Virginia ASA Hall of Fame Committee and was very active in Virginia softball with her late husband, Wayne, who died in 2003.

Survivors include her sister, Delores Miller and her husband, Dale, of Fredericksburg; nephew, Jeffrey Roles of Fredericksburg, nieces, Heather Grant and Kim Miller both of Spotsylvania; brother-in-law, Tommy Decatur and his wife, Pat, of Spotsylvania; sister-in-law, Phyllis Ann Wine of Stafford; numerous other nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 30 at Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg with Rev. William (Bill) Duganne officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bowling Green.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Decatur, Durward Matherly, Todd Sullivan, Linwood B. Sullivan, Dennis K. Dodson, Dennis "Duke" Dodson, Lenwood Groves and Leroy Killinger.

The family will receive friends from 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 at the funeral home.







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