Barbara Evetts

October 7, 1941 - April 23, 2022

Barbara Minnis Evetts, age 80, of Springfield, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Bowling Green Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 2pm in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield. Burial will follow in the Springfield Memorial Gardens with Gene Minnis, Barry Minnis, Brad Minnis, Gary Minnis, Stephen Baldwin and Cory Derseweh serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 from 4-8pm and again on Wednesday from 10am until the hour of service at 2pm. Mrs. Evetts was born October 7, 1941 in Georgia to the late Kelly and Eunice Highsmith Minnis. She was a homemaker and member of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. In addition to her parents Mrs. Evetts is preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Evetts, her brother, Jerry Minnis, and her sisters, Diane Smith and Patsy Holt. Mrs. Evetts is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Kenneth McGee; brothers, Gene Minnis and Gary Minnis; grandchildren, Chris (Kristin) Plamondon, Amanda Hanley, Hannah (Nick) Bess, and Carolyn (Jeremy) Bandy; and great-grandchildren, Jenna Bailey, Tristan Bailey, Cayden Plamondon, Hunter Hanley, Silas Bandy, Kimber Plamondon and Case Bandy. If so desired memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Any donations may be sent in c/o Austin & Bell. Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000