Barbara Harrison
A beacon of love and laughter, Barbara Jean Harrison, a beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was 82.
A celebration of her life will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025 at the chapel of Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home in Geneva, AL. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Barbara was born on June 05, 1943 in Dayton, OH to the late Claude and Pauline Greer. Her life was a testimony of resilience and joy, a legacy she leaves to all who knew her. Barbara was the beloved wife of the late Mose Harrison, with whom she shared 53 wonderful years of marriage. A graduate of Stivers High School in Dayton, OH, she chose to dedicate her life to being a devoted homemaker, a role she cherished deeply, creating a warm and loving home for her family.
Barbara enjoyed spending time with her family and cooking their favorite meals, such as her famous Baptist pound cake, fondly known as Snowy Mountain cake, by her grandchildren, because of the powdered sugar on top. Pineapple upside-down cake, her Yankee potato salad, deviled eggs and the best ever lasagna were always a favorite, of which there were no leftovers! She loved canning squash pickles and strawberry fig preserves to share with family. She would crochet creating blankets for loved ones, sewing for her children and grandchildren and making clothing for Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. In her spare time, she enjoyed a good novel by Nicholas Sparks or listening to her Elvis collection. There was nothing that would make her miss the Young and the Restless or Bold and the Beautiful on the daily!
Gardening was a favorite. Eating tomatoes straight from the garden, caring for her beautiful flowers, picking a fresh bouquet of favorite gardenias to place in a vase in her home, to make it smell so good, always brought her a sense of serenity.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, James, Charles and Jay Greer and granddaughter, Pearly Mae Bumgardner.
Barbara is survived by son, Ed Lawrence III of Enterprise, AL; granddaughter, Carrie Mobley (Will) of Richmond, Ky; great grandsons, Parkir, Warrin and Arthir Mobley of Richmond, KY; grandson, Norman Lawrence of Enterprise, AL; Daughter, Helena Bumgardner (Tommy) of Florala, AL, grandsons, Jessup Harrison, Bailey Nolan, both of Florala, AL, Harrison Nolan (Claire) of Andalusia, AL; Son, Heath Harrison (Kimberly) of Florala, AL, grandson, Emmett Harrison, granddaughter, Emma Harrison, both of Florala, AL, granddaughter, Lindsay Voiers of Enterprise, AL, grandson, Garrett Voiers of Somerset, KY and Michael Knight of Enterprise, AL, one she loved as her own. As he tells it, always there for the food.