Comer MooresBarnard

Comer Moores Barnard, 87, of Celeste passed away August 4, 2010 at Hunt Regional Healthcare in Commerce.  Services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at the Celeste United Methodist Church with Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Rev. Bill Eason and Rev. Susan Meadors will officiate.  Interment will follow at Celeste Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home.

Born June 28, 1923 in Texarkana, Texas, she was the daughter of Robert Warren and Elizabeth Watts Hooks.  On November 14, 1948, she married Billy Joe Barnard in Texarkana, Texas.  She retired from the Hunt County Tax Office and the Hunt County District Clerk Office and was a homemaker as well.  She was a member of the Celeste United Methodist Church where she served as the secretary-treasurer and a Sunday school teacher.  She enjoyed participating in the Thursday Club, Celeste Coffee Club, and Celeste United Methodist Women’s Ministry.

Her survivors include her sons Bob Barnard and wife Reba Graham Barnard of Celeste and Bill N. Barnard and wife Martha Sale Barnard of Forney; grandchildren Chris Barnard and wife Candace of Celeste, Robbie Barnard of Celeste, and John Mark Barnard and wife Julie of Midland; brother Lt. Col. Frank Hooks (Ret.) and wife, Mary of Texarkana; and nieces Lola Shields and husband Bill of Plano and Susan Meadors and husband John of  Clinton, Mississippi. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Pallbearers will be Chris Barnard, Robbie Barnard, John Mark Barnard, David Alderson, Dick Schroth and Felton Cash.

The family request memorial be made to the Celeste United Methodist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 326, Celeste, TX   75423.