I just received word this morning, from her daughter, that a long time member of our list passed away yesterday. Probably many of you with Kentucky connections knew her. Following is her obit. Norma ----------------- BARBARA INGRAM Barbara W. Ingram, a life long resident of Menifee County, passed away Tuesday October 25, 2005 at her home. She was born January 20, 1946 to Alpha Pitts Wells of Frenchburg and the late Kern P. Wells. Barbara served on the Political Steering Committee for Martha Layne Collins, she previously has been a volunteer at the Glady Historical Site in Menifee County, the Frenchburg-Menifee County Chamber of Commerce, and the Head Start Program. She previously represented Menifee County with the Kentucky Tourism Department, helped with the Menifee Mountain Memories Festival, as Co-Chairperson, Quilt Chairperson and with advertising and fundraising. For a number of years she done the mailing list for the annual Frenchburg School Reunion. She is a 1964 graduate of Menifee County High School. She helped organize her 40th class reunion in 2004. She is a Kentucky Colonel. In 2004 she served as the Frenchburg/Menifee County Christmas Parade Marshal. During the last forty plus years she has researched and published several books and articles on Menifee County history and family genealogy. She maintains a Menifee County Genealogy Web Site and is a member of or past member of several genealogy and historical societies. A life member of the Estill County Historical & Genealogy Society and a member of the Red River Historical Society. As a wife, mother and mammy, Barbara hostesses many family and community get togethers, at her home. She is a member of the Frenchburg Baptist Church and the Menifee County Extension Homemakers. In 2004, Barbara received the "Survivor of the Year" award from the Menifee County Relay For Life organizers and was awarded a "Certification of Appreciation" because of her hard work in the fight against cancer. She helped organize and publish the "Relay for Life of Menifee County Cookbook" She was a cancer survivor who continued to volunteer and do research while undergoing weekly Chemotherapy treatments. Survivors include her mother Alpha Wells of Frenchburg, her husband of 32 years, Homer Ingram, one daughter and son-in-law Jennifer and Darrell Rogers and a granddaughter Allie Rogers, all of Frenchburg. She is survived by three great aunts, Betty Pitts Doughty, Carrie Pitts Cooper and Mazie Skidmore Pitts Cater. Two uncles, Soney and Harlen Pitts, three aunts Alene Helton Pitts, Alberta Martin Pitts and Reva Sons Pitts Yarber. A host of cousins also survive. Other relatives include a sister, Mary Hannah Wells Benson and her husband Wayne Benson, their daughters, Rita Hall and Susan Johnson and their families. Also, Claude and Edna Ingram and their family, Betty and Mack Compton and their family and Jerry Ingram and his family. She was preceded in death by her father Kern P. Wells, grandparents, Asa and Susie Wells, Joel and Alafair Pitts, two uncles, Roy Pitts and Ray Pitts. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11AM at the Taul Funeral Home, by Wayne and Danny Ingram with burial in the Hatton Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 26 from 5-9PM at the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Ingram, Pitts cousins, Tony Day, Billy and Mary Etta Day, Shelia Coffey, Betty Donahue, Sandra McGuire, Joyce Ratliff, Dora Skidmore, Karen Egleston, Barry Blevins, Jerry Crain, John Crain, Jr., Randy and Sara Daugherty, Willa Dean Williams, Diane Whitley, Janice Conway and Jim Doughty. Pallbearers will be Todd, Thomas, Tim Ingram, Robert Earl Compton, John Bradley Clifford, Tim Hunt, and Ricky D. Ingram.