Barbara Ann Hill daughter of the late James “Shorty” Moore and Grace Ann Moore was born in Weatherford, Texas on June 21, 1937 and departed this life at Unity Health Hospital in Searcy, Arkansas on November 7, 2019 at the age of 82.

Mrs. Hill was a homemaker and had worked at Arkansas Nursery.  She was of Baptist Faith and a resident of McCrae, Arkansas.

She was first united in marriage to Oven Ray Hill.  He preceded her in death in 1975.  She then was with Quitman Jack Brigman Jr., her common law husband of many years, he preceded her in death on September 27, 2014.

Other survivors include one son, Ricky Fuston of Walnut, Mississippi; by three daughters, Joann Garcia of Ripley, Mississippi, Beverly Ritcheson of Corpus Christi, Texas and Tina Bridges of Dexter, Missouri; by one sister, Maxine Jordan of Dallas, Texas; by Fifteen Grandchildren and Twenty Two Great-Grandchildren; also by other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her two husbands, by three brothers, Frank, Charles and Junior; by two sisters, Juanita and Shirley.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M.   

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. 

Interment will follow in Smith-Stevenson Cemetery in Rural Dexter, Missouri. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.