Jewell Bolton Barnard, 93, of Athens, went to her heavenly home Thursday morning, August 17, 2017.
She was a native of Claiborne County, Tennessee, and a longtime resident of McMinn County, most recently living with her daughter, Sharon, in Sweetwater. She was a daughter of the late Dan and Pearlie Vannoy Bolton. She was also preceded in death by her husband Lewis C. Barnard, six sisters, Essie Marsee, Mae Bray, Opal Venable, Lois Epperson, Mollie Brooks and Marie Davis, and a brother Evertt Bolton.
She was a member of First Baptist Church of Athens where she served as a Sunday School teacher. She was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan University and did graduate work at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, NEA-TEA, a finalist for the Tennessee teacher of the year, had served on the E.G. Fisher Library Board, and had been a member of the Garden Beautiful Club.
She was a retired educator after 31 years of service, having taught at City Park Elementary for 25 years.
She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Sharon B. Loomis of Sweetwater, Jane B and James Macomber and Mary B. and Brian Hammill all of Murfreesboro; two granddaughters, Emily Yopp and Jennifer Cooper; grandsons, Brad Warren, Ben Loomis, Scott Warren, Blake Hammill, and Evan Hammill; and ten great grandchildren; and one brother, Carl H. Bolton of Tazewell, TN.
Her funeral service will be conducted, 1:30 pm Saturday, August 19, 2017 in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with her grandson, Rev. Brad Warren, officiating. The committal service will follow in Mt Harmony Cemetery with Dr. Jason Clark officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, from 11:00 am till 1:00 pm prior to the service.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and a nephew.
The family suggests memorials be made to Full Circle Medical Center For Women, 201 N. Hill Street, Athens, TN 37303; or Women at the Well, 881 Co. Rd. 655, Athens, TN 37303; or First Baptist Church of Athens, 305 Ingleside Avenue, Athens, TN 37303.

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