Gladys Barr, 90, of Gatesville, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012, in a Temple hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Scott's Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Flint Creek Cemetery. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to service time on Tuesday.

Gladys was one of nine children born to the late James Edwin Brazzil and Alice Hamilton Brazzil. She attended Flat School and lived her entire life in Flat, The Grove, Temple, and Gatesville. She married Arlington Eugene Barr on September 6, 1941. A.E. and Gladys were farmers for much of their married lives.

Gladys worked briefly at John and Ruby Graham's store at The Grove, but most of the time she cooked, cleaned and worked beside her husband. A.E. and Gladys loved the simple pleasures of living in the country. They worked hard, cried a little and laughed a lot. They enjoyed each other's company and the company of their large extended families.

Summertime revolved around enormous family reunions. Gladys was a woman of remarkable, unshakeable faith. She and her family rarely missed one of Brother George Siler's sermons at County Line Methodist Church, located just across the road from their rock house on Owl Creek. When the church at County Line discontinued regular church services, Gladys and her family joined First Baptist Church Flat where she remained a member for the rest of her life. When A.E. died, Gladys devoted the remainder of her life to her family, her neighbors, and her church. She attended services at First Baptist Church Flat until her physical condition prevented her from traveling. She loved God, and she faced her own death with the calm assurance of eternal life.

Gladys was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, A.E., on November 11, 1986; sisters: Bennie Williams, Willie Lois McCutchen, Sara Nell McCutchen, and Charlene (Sammy) Netherland; brothers: James Wilson Brazzil, Chester (Chuck) Brazzil, and Billy Knox Brazzil; daughter-in-law, Toni Schaub Barr; and granddaughter, Anna Catherine Barr.

Survivors include her daughter, Lana Janssen and husband, Roger, of Billings, Montana; sons, Ron Barr, of Kerrville, and Michael Barr and wife, Ginger, of Gatesville; grandchildren: John Denny and wife, Ardawna, Ronna Denny and husband, Sean, Carrie Curtis and husband, Ray, Cy Barr and wife, April, and Joseph Barr; great-grandchildren: Deirdre Ruiz, Curran Denny, Brandon Curtis, Mason Barr, Kate Denny, Kyren Ingraham, Taya Denny, James Denny, George Denny, Ethan Denny, and Kyrsten Denny; and great-great-grandchild, Lilianna Ruiz; sister, Bobbie Jo Geiselbrecht; brother, J. D. "Pokey" Brazzil; and many more family members and friends.

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