THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
Barbara Ann Clary-Milton

Barbara Ann Clary-Milton was born on January 17, 1954, in Camden, AR to the late Benny Clary, Sr. and Annie Bell Waller-Clary. She accepted Christ at an early age when she joined New Haven Missionary Baptist Church. She was a very active member down through the years. Some of her many roles included being on the kitchen committee, a member of the WMS, minister of music, and a Deaconess for thirty plus years.

Barbara graduated from Camden High School in 1972. After graduating high school, she attended Capital City Business College where she received her certification in Business. She later received her Associates Degree in Business Administration from Southern Arkansas University Tech and her Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. Through all of her hard work in Education, she held some very important and impressive positions in the work field. She held the position as a secretary at Lockheed Martin and worked her way up to becoming an Engineer. She was also an Engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne before retiring from the work field.

Barbara was also very active with her city league sports. She was a member of the Softball team known as "Momma's Girls." The team traveled all over the country playing in tournaments and bringing home several trophies. She was also a member of the "Bad Girls" Bowling team here in Camden, which was also very successful.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents Benny & Annie Bell Clary, her brothers Benny Clary Jr. and Fredrick Clary, her sister Sheila Clary-Zellars, and daughter Shanna Harris.

She leaves to cherish her memories to her husband Larry Milton, her daughters Shonte (O'Dell) Hopson of Camden, AR, Shana (Anderson) Luster of Grand Prairie, TX, her sister Cynthia Marshall of Camden, AR, One God-Daughter Shameka Kirtz of Dallas, TX, three Grandchildren Tre'Vion Hopson, Jared Seals, and Sariah Luster, a very special niece LaSonya Clary of Camden, AR, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.