Carol Ann “Tup” Puckett Barrett, of Georgetown, Louisiana, entered eternal life on May 4, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones.
A life-long activist and educator, Tup was born August 24, 1945 in Tewkesbury, England, the only child of Diana and W.E. “Lucky” Puckett. It was there that she earned the name by which everyone knew her. When upon seeing her for the first time, her great-grandmother exclaimed that she was no larger than a tuppence. She was called “Tuppence”, eventually shortened to “Tup” and henceforth few people knew it was not her given name. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Dumbleton, which was her mother’s family’s church.
Tup immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of seven, living in many places during her father’s Air Force career, but most often calling Georgetown home. Upon her father’s retirement, the family settled permanently in Georgetown. Tup graduated from Georgetown High School in 1963 and attended Northeastern Louisiana State University where she received degrees in English and Science Education. She received a master’s degree in environmental microbiology from McNeese State University and completed post graduate work at Northwestern State, LSUA, and Louisiana College. She was a certified teacher in Science, English, Library, and Gifted and Talented.
Tup was an activist and advocate most of her life, protesting the Vietnam War and advocating for Civil Rights in the 60s, and brought that activism to her teaching career. Tup fought to improve educational opportunity in rural communities and among minorities. As a young teacher in Rapides Parish, she was one of the first white teachers to volunteer to teach in an all-minority school. She spent most of her career in rural schools, demanding the best of her students and often tapping potential they themselves did not know they had. This earned her the reputation of a “mean” teacher, but she loved her students and expected nothing less but the best from them.
Seeing children succeed and reach their potential was Tup’s greatest passion. She invested in her students personally, often taking them on college campus visits, helping them with applications, scholarship forms, and letters of recommendation. Tup retired from teaching at Georgetown High School after a long and dedicated career.
Tup loved a good book, and the Book Mobile could often be seen leaving a stack of them at her home in the summer. She endeavored to pass that love on to her students and, while holding the position of librarian, sought and received grant funding to implement the Accelerated Reader program at her school.
Outside the classroom, Tup pursued a variety of interests including baking, candy-making, and sewing. She learned many of these skills from her grandmother with whom she spent most of her summers in Georgetown while growing up. She also loved to turn the dirt of the garden, growing crops in the summer and canning what she had grown.
Tup Barrett leaves behind a legacy of love in her work in the field of education and in her many talents, but first and foremost in her family. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Jeff Barrett, her mother, Diana Puckett, and her four children: Leah Barrett Roger and her husband Gerard of Abbeville, La, Dr. Bret Barrett and his wife Dr. Tracy Fowler Barrett of Madison, MS, Blake Barrett of Bentley, La, and Sara Barrett Barham and her husband Will Barham of Oak Ridge, La. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Luke and Jude Roger, and Kylie, Kent, Colby and Devan Barrett.
Visitation with the family of Tup Barrett will be held at Lincecum Baptist Church on May 7th from 4-6 pm; memorial services will follow at 6 pm.
Burial of her ashes will occur at a later date at the family plot in Georgetown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in her name to Lincecum Baptist Church, Grant Parish Library, Samaritan’s Purse, or the Salvation Army.
A life-long activist and educator, Tup was born August 24, 1945 in Tewkesbury, England, the only child of Diana and W.E. “Lucky” Puckett. It was there that she earned the name by which everyone knew her. When upon seeing her for the first time, her great-grandmother exclaimed that she was no larger than a tuppence. She was called “Tuppence”, eventually shortened to “Tup” and henceforth few people knew it was not her given name. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Dumbleton, which was her mother’s family’s church.
Tup immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of seven, living in many places during her father’s Air Force career, but most often calling Georgetown home. Upon her father’s retirement, the family settled permanently in Georgetown. Tup graduated from Georgetown High School in 1963 and attended Northeastern Louisiana State University where she received degrees in English and Science Education. She received a master’s degree in environmental microbiology from McNeese State University and completed post graduate work at Northwestern State, LSUA, and Louisiana College. She was a certified teacher in Science, English, Library, and Gifted and Talented.
Tup was an activist and advocate most of her life, protesting the Vietnam War and advocating for Civil Rights in the 60s, and brought that activism to her teaching career. Tup fought to improve educational opportunity in rural communities and among minorities. As a young teacher in Rapides Parish, she was one of the first white teachers to volunteer to teach in an all-minority school. She spent most of her career in rural schools, demanding the best of her students and often tapping potential they themselves did not know they had. This earned her the reputation of a “mean” teacher, but she loved her students and expected nothing less but the best from them.
Seeing children succeed and reach their potential was Tup’s greatest passion. She invested in her students personally, often taking them on college campus visits, helping them with applications, scholarship forms, and letters of recommendation. Tup retired from teaching at Georgetown High School after a long and dedicated career.
Tup loved a good book, and the Book Mobile could often be seen leaving a stack of them at her home in the summer. She endeavored to pass that love on to her students and, while holding the position of librarian, sought and received grant funding to implement the Accelerated Reader program at her school.
Outside the classroom, Tup pursued a variety of interests including baking, candy-making, and sewing. She learned many of these skills from her grandmother with whom she spent most of her summers in Georgetown while growing up. She also loved to turn the dirt of the garden, growing crops in the summer and canning what she had grown.
Tup Barrett leaves behind a legacy of love in her work in the field of education and in her many talents, but first and foremost in her family. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Jeff Barrett, her mother, Diana Puckett, and her four children: Leah Barrett Roger and her husband Gerard of Abbeville, La, Dr. Bret Barrett and his wife Dr. Tracy Fowler Barrett of Madison, MS, Blake Barrett of Bentley, La, and Sara Barrett Barham and her husband Will Barham of Oak Ridge, La. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Luke and Jude Roger, and Kylie, Kent, Colby and Devan Barrett.
Visitation with the family of Tup Barrett will be held at Lincecum Baptist Church on May 7th from 4-6 pm; memorial services will follow at 6 pm.
Burial of her ashes will occur at a later date at the family plot in Georgetown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in her name to Lincecum Baptist Church, Grant Parish Library, Samaritan’s Purse, or the Salvation Army.
Carol Ann “Tup” Puckett Barrett, of Georgetown, Louisiana, entered eternal life on May 4, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones.
A life-long activist and educator, Tup was born August 24, 1945 in Tewkesbury, England, the only child of Diana and W.E. “Lucky” Puckett. It was there that she earned the name by which everyone knew her. When upon seeing her for the first time, her great-grandmother exclaimed that she was no larger than a tuppence. She was called “Tuppence”, eventually shortened to “Tup” and henceforth few people knew it was not her given name. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Dumbleton, which was her mother’s family’s church.
Tup immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of seven, living in many places during her father’s Air Force career, but most often calling Georgetown home. Upon her father’s retirement, the family settled permanently in Georgetown. Tup graduated from Georgetown High School in 1963 and attended Northeastern Louisiana State University where she received degrees in English and Science Education. She received a master’s degree in environmental microbiology from McNeese State University and completed post graduate work at Northwestern State, LSUA, and Louisiana College. She was a certified teacher in Science, English, Library, and Gifted and Talented.
Tup was an activist and advocate most of her life, protesting the Vietnam War and advocating for Civil Rights in the 60s, and brought that activism to her teaching career. Tup fought to improve educational opportunity in rural communities and among minorities. As a young teacher in Rapides Parish, she was one of the first white teachers to volunteer to teach in an all-minority school. She spent most of her career in rural schools, demanding the best of her students and often tapping potential they themselves did not know they had. This earned her the reputation of a “mean” teacher, but she loved her students and expected nothing less but the best from them.
Seeing children succeed and reach their potential was Tup’s greatest passion. She invested in her students personally, often taking them on college campus visits, helping them with applications, scholarship forms, and letters of recommendation. Tup retired from teaching at Georgetown High School after a long and dedicated career.
Tup loved a good book, and the Book Mobile could often be seen leaving a stack of them at her home in the summer. She endeavored to pass that love on to her students and, while holding the position of librarian, sought and received grant funding to implement the Accelerated Reader program at her school.
Outside the classroom, Tup pursued a variety of interests including baking, candy-making, and sewing. She learned many of these skills from her grandmother with whom she spent most of her summers in Georgetown while growing up. She also loved to turn the dirt of the garden, growing crops in the summer and canning what she had grown.
Tup Barrett leaves behind a legacy of love in her work in the field of education and in her many talents, but first and foremost in her family. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Jeff Barrett, her mother, Diana Puckett, and her four children: Leah Barrett Roger and her husband Gerard of Abbeville, La, Dr. Bret Barrett and his wife Dr. Tracy Fowler Barrett of Madison, MS, Blake Barrett of Bentley, La, and Sara Barrett Barham and her husband Will Barham of Oak Ridge, La. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Luke and Jude Roger, and Kylie, Kent, Colby and Devan Barrett.
Visitation with the family of Tup Barrett will be held at Lincecum Baptist Church on May 7th from 4-6 pm; memorial services will follow at 6 pm.
Burial of her ashes will occur at a later date at the family plot in Georgetown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in her name to Lincecum Baptist Church, Grant Parish Library, Samaritan’s Purse, or the Salvation Army.
A life-long activist and educator, Tup was born August 24, 1945 in Tewkesbury, England, the only child of Diana and W.E. “Lucky” Puckett. It was there that she earned the name by which everyone knew her. When upon seeing her for the first time, her great-grandmother exclaimed that she was no larger than a tuppence. She was called “Tuppence”, eventually shortened to “Tup” and henceforth few people knew it was not her given name. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Dumbleton, which was her mother’s family’s church.
Tup immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of seven, living in many places during her father’s Air Force career, but most often calling Georgetown home. Upon her father’s retirement, the family settled permanently in Georgetown. Tup graduated from Georgetown High School in 1963 and attended Northeastern Louisiana State University where she received degrees in English and Science Education. She received a master’s degree in environmental microbiology from McNeese State University and completed post graduate work at Northwestern State, LSUA, and Louisiana College. She was a certified teacher in Science, English, Library, and Gifted and Talented.
Tup was an activist and advocate most of her life, protesting the Vietnam War and advocating for Civil Rights in the 60s, and brought that activism to her teaching career. Tup fought to improve educational opportunity in rural communities and among minorities. As a young teacher in Rapides Parish, she was one of the first white teachers to volunteer to teach in an all-minority school. She spent most of her career in rural schools, demanding the best of her students and often tapping potential they themselves did not know they had. This earned her the reputation of a “mean” teacher, but she loved her students and expected nothing less but the best from them.
Seeing children succeed and reach their potential was Tup’s greatest passion. She invested in her students personally, often taking them on college campus visits, helping them with applications, scholarship forms, and letters of recommendation. Tup retired from teaching at Georgetown High School after a long and dedicated career.
Tup loved a good book, and the Book Mobile could often be seen leaving a stack of them at her home in the summer. She endeavored to pass that love on to her students and, while holding the position of librarian, sought and received grant funding to implement the Accelerated Reader program at her school.
Outside the classroom, Tup pursued a variety of interests including baking, candy-making, and sewing. She learned many of these skills from her grandmother with whom she spent most of her summers in Georgetown while growing up. She also loved to turn the dirt of the garden, growing crops in the summer and canning what she had grown.
Tup Barrett leaves behind a legacy of love in her work in the field of education and in her many talents, but first and foremost in her family. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Jeff Barrett, her mother, Diana Puckett, and her four children: Leah Barrett Roger and her husband Gerard of Abbeville, La, Dr. Bret Barrett and his wife Dr. Tracy Fowler Barrett of Madison, MS, Blake Barrett of Bentley, La, and Sara Barrett Barham and her husband Will Barham of Oak Ridge, La. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Luke and Jude Roger, and Kylie, Kent, Colby and Devan Barrett.
Visitation with the family of Tup Barrett will be held at Lincecum Baptist Church on May 7th from 4-6 pm; memorial services will follow at 6 pm.
Burial of her ashes will occur at a later date at the family plot in Georgetown Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in her name to Lincecum Baptist Church, Grant Parish Library, Samaritan’s Purse, or the Salvation Army.
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