Barbara Ezell Jennings

Funeral Services for Barbara Ezell Jennings of Downsville, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 6, 2020, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe with Scott Jennings and Jerry Whitman officiating. Interment will be in Holmesville Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Friday, June 5, 2020, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe.

After a fearless battle with cancer, Barbara Ezell Jennings died on June 3, 2020, in West Monroe, LA, at the age of 70. She leaves behind her five children, daughters and sons-in-law, Marcia and Ricky Gifford, Donna and Chuck Williams, Kathy and Jimmy Bond, Rebecca and Randy Smith, and her son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Dana Jennings.
Barbara was born on December 21, 1949, to father Maurice Ezell and mother Marcell Ezell, who predeceased her. She grew up in the small town of Lacombe, LA, in a loving family with two brothers, Clyde and Roy.

Barbara was married to Calvin Jennings on November 17, 1966. They lived in Downsville, LA, where they raised their five children.
Barbara was a wonderful mother with a love of romance novels and travel. When diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, she remained dedicated in finding joy in every moment and her will to fight her illness. She remained a brave, iron-willed woman, even throughout her final moments.

Barbara is survived by her children, as well as her grandchildren, Matthew Wall and wife Christa, Kristen Sabala and husband Jason, Nathan and Josh Williams, Jaron Antley and wife Alison, TJ Bond, Callie and Candice Smith, Daulton and Taylor Jennings. Great Grandchildren, Trinity and Delaney, Silas and Ripley, Jayden and Grayson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her brothers.

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