FRENCHBURG - Barbara W. Ingram, a lifelong resident of Menifee County, was born Jan. 20, 1946 to Alpha Pitts Wells of Frenchburg and the late Kern P. Wells. Barbara served on the Political Steering Committee for Martha Layne Collins, she previously had been a volunteer at the Glady Historical Site in Menifee County, the Frenchburg-Menifee County Chamber of Commerce, and the Head Start Program. She previously represented Menifee County with the Kentucky Tourism Department, helped with the Menifee Mountain Memories Festival, as Co-Chairperson, Quilt Chairperson, and with advertising and fund-raising. For a number of years she has done the mailing list for the annual Frenchburg School Reunion. She is a 1964 graduate of Menifee County High School. She helped organize her 40th class reunion in 2004. She passed away Tues., Oct. 25, 2005 at her home. She is a Kentucky Colonel. In 2004 she served as the Frenchburg/Menifee County Christmas Parade Marshal. During the last 40-plus years she has researched and published several books and articles on Menifee county history and family genealogy. She maintains a Menifee county genealogy website and and is a member or past member of several genealogy and historical societies, a life member of the Estill County Historical & Genealogy Society and a member of the Red River Historical Society. As a wife, mother, and mammy, Barbara hostesses many family a community get-togethers at her home. She is a member of the Frenchburg Baptist Church and the Menifee County Extension Homemakers. In 2004, Barbara received the "Survivor of the Year" award from Menifee County Relay for Life organizers and was awarded a "Certification of Appreciation because of her hard work in the fight against cancer. She helped organize and publish the Relay for Life of Menifee County Cookbook. She was a cancer survivor who continued to volunteer and do research while undergoing weekly chemotherapy treatments. Survivors include her mother, Alpha Wells, Frenchburg; her husband of 32 years, Homer Ingram; one daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Darrel Rogers; and a granddaughter, Allie Rogers; all of Frenchburg. She is survived by three great aunts, Betty Pitts Doughty, Carrie Pitts Cooper, and Mazie Skidmore Pitts Cater. Two uncles, Soney and Harlan Pitts; three aunts Alene Helton Pitts, Alberta Martin Pitts, and Reva Sons Pitts Yarber. A host of cousins also survive. Other relative include a sister, Mary Hannah Wells Benson and her husband Wayne Benson, and their daughters, Rita Hall and Susan Johnson and their families. Also, Claude and Edna Ingram and their family, Betty and Mack Compton and their family and Jerr Ingram and his family. She was preceded in death by her father, Kern P. Wells; grandparents, Asa B. and Susie Wells, Joel Suel and Alafair Pitts, two uncles, Roy Pitts and Ray Pitts. Funeral services will be Thurs., Oct. 27, 2005 at 11 am at the Taul Funeral Home, by Wayne and Danny Ingram with burial Hatton Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5 pm Wed., Oct. 26, 2005 at the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Ingram, Pitts cousins, Tony Day, Bill and Mary Etta Day, Shelia Coffey, Betty Donahue, Sandra McGuire, Joyce Ratliff, Dora Skidmore, Karen Egleston, Barry Blevins, Jerry Crain Jr., Randy and Sara Daugherty, Willa Dean Williams, Diane Whitely, Janice Conway, and Jim Doughty, Dorothy Hunter. Pallbearers will be Todd, Thomas, Tim Ingram, Robert Earl Compton, John Bradley Clifford, Tim Hunt, and Ricky D. Ingram. Guestbook at Legacy.com