Mrs. Barbara Jean Culler

September 22, 1937 - April 28, 2022

BOBBIE GENE MEEKINS (BARBARA JEAN CULLER) BEGAN HER LIFE ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1937 IN RISON, ARKANSAS. THE FIRST CHILD TO THE UNION OF T. ARTHUR MEEKINS AND ROSA LEE ROBINSON - MEEKINS. BARBARA TOOK FLIGHT TO BE WITH THE LORD THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH. SHE WAS A CARING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AND FRIEND. SHE CONFESSED HER FAITH IN CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE, PARTICIPATING IN MINISTRIES WITH LIBERTY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH OF RISON, AR AND PALESTINE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF KANSAS CITY, MO. IN MAY OF 1997, BARBARA BECAME A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF ZION HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF MILWAUKEE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND DR. RUSSELL B. WILLIAMSON. AS A SERVANT OF THE LORD, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE WISCONSIN GENERAL BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION, SUNDAY SCHOOL MINISTRY, PASTOR & WIFE APPRECIATION AND WOMEN'S DAY COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE MISSION MINISTRY, WHERE SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR 10 YEARS. BARBARA RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN KANSAS CITY, MO, GRADUATING IN 1955, WHERE SHE ENJOYED SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY GENERAL SPLIT TANNERY AND NORTH AMERICAN CLUTCH, AS WELL AS OTHER PART TIME JOBS. BARBARA HAD TWO BELOVED CHILDREN, DEBORAH MEEKINS (BORN TO VERNON GARRETT SR.J AND LAWRENCE MORRIS (BORN TO THE UNION OF SAMMIE LEE MORRIS) AND FOUR BONUS CHILDREN. BARBARA WAS A MOTHER FIGURE TO MANY AND A GREAT FRIEND. IN 1971 SHE MARRIED WILLIE CULLER. BARBARA WAS A ROADHOG AND ENJOYED TIME WITH FAMILY, MAKING SANDWICHES FOR THE MISSION AND FEEDING THE HOMELESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AT THE GUEST HOUSE. SHE FAITHFULLY PURCHASED DONUTS FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ENJOYED DANCING, PLAYING BID WHIST, DOMINOES, AND SPADES. BARBARA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LEGACY: DAUGHTER, DEBORAH [RONNIE) LEWIS, MARIA CARRINGTON, TINA WOFFORD, AND KLESIE MORRIS; DAUGHTER IN LAW TERRI [RICHARD ALLEN) MORRIS-ALLEN; GRANDCHILDREN, STEVE ANTHONY HEGWOOD, RONNIE LEWIS, JR., REGINALD LEWIS, LAUREN MORRIS, DIANA LEWIS (YEMI OWOLADE), AND TERRETHA MORRIS; SISTERS SARA DONAHUE, LINDA BOWMAN AND KRISTINA MEEKINS; BROTHERS HOWARD DONAHUE, EUGENE DONAHUE AND CHARLES DONAHUE JR; STEP-MOTHER, ANNIE MEEKINS; AUNTS BIRDIE MAE MEEKINS AND BEULAH MEEKINS; NIECES TAMERA BROWN AND LISA BROWN; AND NEPHEW, KNOWLEDGE (DANA) BROWN JR;. BARBARA WAS BLESSED WITH SO MANY LOVED ONES, SO IF BY CHANCE YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME HERE, BE COMFORTED IN KNOWING YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF HER HEART. BARBARA MEEKINS-CULLER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIE CULLER; MOTHER, ROSA LEE DONAHUE (CHARLES, SR.J; FATHER, T. ARTHUR MEEKINS; SISTER GLORIA BROWN; BROTHERS MAGELLAN MEEKINS, THOMAS JEFFERSON MEEKINS; STEP-BROTHER, JOE BREWER, AND TWO SONS, LAWRENCE MORRIS AND GLENN WOFFORD AND A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, AND OTHER SPECIAL LOVED ONES.