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Barbara Jean Bateman

May 2, 1938 — November 6, 2024

Shoals

 Barbara Jean Bateman

May 2, 1938 - November 6, 2024

 

Barbara Jean (Courter) Bateman, 86, of Shoals, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation, Bedford.

 

Born May 2, 1938 in Bedford, she was the daughter of Aaron Courter and Virginia (Cox Courter) Taylor.

 

She married Jerry Lee “Whistlepig” Bateman in the living room of Preacher Clive Bailey in Dover Hill on July 12, 1957, and he survives.

 

She was a graduate of Williams High School and a member of the Dover Hill Christian Union Church.

 

Barbara was a homemaker, wife, mom, grandmother to a tribe of kids, and an animal savior.

 

Surviving are her husband, Jerry “Whistlepig”; daughter, Kim Lee (Daniel) Showalter; son, Kerry Dean Bateman; grandsons, Adam (Tawnya) Showalter and Brady (Jennifer) Showalter; granddaughters, Nashta (Nathan) Moore and Kerri De-Ann Bateman; and many others she loved and cared for.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents and in-laws, Cleo and Mabel Bateman.

 

Funeral service will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at the Queen-Lee Chapel of George Funeral Care with Steve Sims officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Springs Cemetery.

 

Visitation will be from 10 A.M. until the service hour on Saturday at the Queen-Lee Chapel, Shoals

 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Martin County Humane Society, Heart to Heart Hospice, or the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Saturday, November 9, 2024

10:00am - 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Queen-Lee Funeral Home

431 High St, Shoals, IN 47581

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Saturday, November 9, 2024

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431 High St, Shoals, IN 47581

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