Brenda Young Barber

View Funeral Webcast Brenda Sue Young Barber, 54, resident of Lookout Drive, died Friday, July 1, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Mack Strange officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:00 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 1864, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Born in Manchester, she attended Columbia State Community College, was a former employee of General Electric, and worked in the gift card inventory department of the Affinion Group. Mrs. Barber was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, was a member of Columbia Elks Lodge 686, and was formerly an avid bowler. Affectionally known by her grandchildren as "B," she is survived by a daughter, Karrie (David) Hollis of Spring Hill; her mother, Loretta Swann Young of Columbia; brothers, William Randolph Young of Spring Hill and James (Tonya) Young of Pembroke Pines, Florida; grandchildren, Max Hollis and Sydney Hollis of Spring Hill; pet poodle, Gidget; several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Young Carpenter Donaldson. Serving as pallbearers are John Young, Joe West, John Carpenter, Tracy Lynn, Randy Churchwell, and Lance Carpenter.