Obituary

Rita Fay Barns Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2014, for Rita Fay Barns at College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview with the Rev. Don Robertson officiating. Mrs. Barns was called home by the Lord on Friday, April 25, 2014, at the age of 96. Mrs. Barns was born on July 14, 1917, in Vernon, Texas, to W.D. Hollars and Mamie Mae Wilson Hollars. Mrs. Barns was a longtime resident of Plainview and member of College Heights Baptist Church. She married Charles Thomas West on Aug. 8, 1937, in Vernon. Mrs. Barns was a nurse, a homemaker and a talented artist. She was preceded in death by her parents; her late husband Charles Thomas West; a daughter Barbara June West Wilson; a stepdaughter Billie Ruth West Barber; five sisters, Joyce Maxine Hollars, Drucilla Ruth Stout, Beryle Jean Thompson, Mary Jo Richie and Eurice Lee White; four brothers, Jerald Don Hollars, James Wilson Hollars, Denzil Dee Hollars and Bill Hollars; a granddaughter Misty West; and a great-granddaughter Amy Reed. Mrs. Barns is survived by her son Charles West of Garden City, Kan.; her son Jerry West of Lawton, Okla.; one brother Bob Hollars of Plainview; 11 grandchildren; more than 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Memorial contributions can be made to Area Community Hospice of Plainview. Online condolences may be made at www.lemonsfunerals.com.