Barbara Ola Peavy

October 24, 1925 - April 18, 2015

Barbara Ola Peavy, 89, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Saturday, April 18, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH.  Mrs. Peavy played piano, the organ, and the accordion.  She was an artist and seamstress.  Mrs. Peavy was a wonderful helpmate to her minister husband for 62 years.  Their ministry took them to foreign lands as well as many places in the United States.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Thomas J. Peavy, Jr. of Abilene, TX; daughter, Bonne’ Peavy of Cincinnati, OH; brothers, Nathan Savoie and Ralph Savoie; grandchildren, Thomas J. “Jody” Peavy III and Shaunna Stark; great grandchildren, Naomi Richarson, Canton Bell, Spencer Bell, Logan Peavy, Taylor Peavy, Noah Peavy and Chase Peavy; great-great granddaughter, Paisley Ann Richardson.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Thomas “Joel” Peavy; parents, Gaston and Inez Savoie; baby daughter, Rachel Peavy; sisters, Frances Lee Dye, Inez Bares and Marie Duncan; brother, Clyde Savoie.

Visitation will be held Friday, April 24, 2015 from 6:00pm until 10:00pm at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA.  Funeral service is Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 1:00pm at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Bilbo Cemetery in Fields, LA.  Rev. Alvin Smith, and Rev. Ed Raley, will officiate.