Mary Phillips Barnhart - Athens, AL
November 24, 1934 - October 10, 2020
Mary Frances Phillips Sides Barnhart, 85 passed away 10 Oct 2020 at Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Alabama. Mary was born 24 Nov. 1934 in Finger, TN and grew up on a farm just outside of Henderson, TN surviving her parents Dewey Willie and Maude Willy (McKenzie) Phillips. She also survived her siblings James Howard Phillips, Mildred Louise Phillips, Cecil Phillips, Nina Sue (Phillips) Haley, and Richard Dewey Phillips. She moved to Memphis, TN after graduating Chester County High School in 1953 working as a data input analyst. She married Roy Sides in Desoto County, MS on 22 Nov 1956 and became a homemaker raising three stepchildren; James Kenneth Sides, Aline “Lucy” (Sides) Mullins and Linda Louise (Sides) Radford, and three children, David Roy Sides, Steve Paul Sides, and Mary Lynne (Sides) Croft. Mary loved antiques, cooking, making jewelry and flower arrangements, painting, pottery, sewing, sightseeing and traveling. After her husband, Roy died in 1980, she graduated from Itawamba Community College as a licensed nurse and practiced nursing for 25 years in Mississippi and Florida eventually retiring in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Mary is survived by stepchild Linda Louise (Sides) and spouse Gus Radford; children, David Roy and spouse Angie (Steverson) Sides, Steve Paul and spouse Kathryn (Frith) Sides, and Mary Lynne (Sides) and spouse Greg Croft. Grandchildren: Saundra Nicole (Sides) and Spouse Matt Hamby, Kelli Ann (Bufkin) and spouse Steven Everman, Mathew Ryan Sides, Christopher Brandon Sides, Alexis Brianna Sides, Andrew Bryan and spouse Samantha Croft, and Brandon Thomas Croft. Great grandchildren: Nathan Bryan Croft, Hunter Nicole (Hamby) and spouse Richard Richardson, Haley Marie (Hamby) and spouse Michael Griggs and Great-great grandchildren: Aurella Griggs, Arianna Griggs, and Aiden Griggs. Services will be held at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue Henderson TN 38340 on Saturday 17th Oct 2020 with visitation 12-2 pm, funeral at 2 pm followed by burial at Chester County Memorial Gardens. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson 731-989-2421
Mary Frances Phillips Sides Barnhart, 85 passed away 10 Oct 2020 at Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Alabama. Mary was born 24 Nov. 1934 in Finger, TN and grew up on a farm just outside of Henderson, TN surviving her parents Dewey Willie... View Obituary & Service Information