Mabel Esther Barton

July 17, 1919 - October 11, 2009

Mabel E. Barton, 90, of Falmouth, Kentucky, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Health Care in Williamstown, Kentucky. Born on July 17, 1919 in Pendleton County, she was a daughter of the late D. B. and Amy Pettit Donahue. She was the widow of Whipple Prince and Raymond Barton, Sr. She retired from the former Dr. Scholl’s Shoe Factory in Falmouth and Levi Strauss Company in Florence. She was a member of the Short Creek Baptist Church, Pendleton County. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Alvin, Victor, and Arnold Donahue, and a sister, Lelia Hutchison. She is survived by her son, Delbert Prince (Lillian) of Falmouth; her daughter, Diana Tatum (Kenneth) of Falmouth; 5 stepchildren: Carol Jean Mefford of Ohio, Brenda Moses of Erlanger, Donna Sue Schneider of Hebron, Raymond Barton, Jr. of Florence, and Richard Barton of Erlanger; 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; three sisters: Geneva Bowen of DeMossville, Loma Sullivan of Texas, and Hazel Donahue of California; and a brother, Bob Donahue of Falmouth. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, with Rev. Brad Whiteford officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Danny Hutchison, Ray Tatum, Ron Maddox, Troy Prince, Teddy Bowen, and David Donahue. The visitation will be from 11-1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will take place in the Gardnersville Cemetery, Pendleton County.