Ruby L. Barnett

	Ruby L. Barnett, 67, of Willisville, died at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, July 27, 2000 at her home.
	Mrs. Barnett was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith.  She was born Saturday, February 18, 1933 at Middlesboro, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry and Ida (Parker) Carter.  She married Clayton T. Barnett on July 9, 1947 at Harlan, Kentucky.
	Surviving are her husband, Clayton T. Barnett of Willisville; four daughters, Louise Sizemore of Cincinnati, OH, Carolyn and Rex Wendell of Willisville, Sharon and Ron Holyfield of Pinckneyville and Diana and Dale Westerman of Ellis Grove; one daughter-in-law, Bonnie Barnett of DuQuoin; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Mitchell and Pat Carter of Apopka, FL and two sisters, Henrietta and Tom Crawford of Cincinnati, OH and Rachel and Willie Skidmore of Indiana.  Mrs. Barnett was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Thomas Clayton Barnett Jr. and two brothers, Claude and Ernest Carter.
	Funeral services were held Monday, July 31 at 11 a.m. at Wilsons Funeral Home in Steeleville with Rev. Claude Hampleman officiating.  Interment was in McElvain Cemetery in DuQuoin.
	Visitation was at Wilsons Funeral Home in Steeleville from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday and again on Monday from 7:30 a.m. until the hour of service.
	Memorials may be made to McElvain Cemetery.
