Enid Jewel Haney was the daughter of Anna Ozella Moore and James William Haney.
Sister to Paul Ray Haney (1930-1956), Leamon Earl Haney (1933-2001), and James Dee Haney (1936-2019).
After graduation from Swifton High School, Enid entered nursing school in Memphis, where she met Orvel Barber. They were married in Corinth Mississippi on November 12, 1942. To this union five children were born. Baby Barber (1943-1943), Carole Ann (1944-2017), Nancy Louise (1946), Bobby Orvel (1949-2021), and Linda Barber (1954). Five grandchildren.
In 1950, they settled in New Johnsonville, where Orvel was employed with TVA.
Enid commuted part-time for years to earn her B.S. degree at Bethel College and M.S. and EdD at Austin Peay. She served the Humphreys County children for forty-four years, as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, supervisior of education, and as director of schools. She served on the committee that worked to build Humphreys County Center of Higher Education. She also wrote her autobiography, Cotton Fields. A member of New Johnsonville Church of Christ.
She balanced her insatiable drive to excel with an unflagging and ever cheerful need to care for others.
Sister to Paul Ray Haney (1930-1956), Leamon Earl Haney (1933-2001), and James Dee Haney (1936-2019).
After graduation from Swifton High School, Enid entered nursing school in Memphis, where she met Orvel Barber. They were married in Corinth Mississippi on November 12, 1942. To this union five children were born. Baby Barber (1943-1943), Carole Ann (1944-2017), Nancy Louise (1946), Bobby Orvel (1949-2021), and Linda Barber (1954). Five grandchildren.
In 1950, they settled in New Johnsonville, where Orvel was employed with TVA.
Enid commuted part-time for years to earn her B.S. degree at Bethel College and M.S. and EdD at Austin Peay. She served the Humphreys County children for forty-four years, as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, supervisior of education, and as director of schools. She served on the committee that worked to build Humphreys County Center of Higher Education. She also wrote her autobiography, Cotton Fields. A member of New Johnsonville Church of Christ.
She balanced her insatiable drive to excel with an unflagging and ever cheerful need to care for others.
Enid Jewel Haney was the daughter of Anna Ozella Moore and James William Haney.
Sister to Paul Ray Haney (1930-1956), Leamon Earl Haney (1933-2001), and James Dee Haney (1936-2019).
After graduation from Swifton High School, Enid entered nursing school in Memphis, where she met Orvel Barber. They were married in Corinth Mississippi on November 12, 1942. To this union five children were born. Baby Barber (1943-1943), Carole Ann (1944-2017), Nancy Louise (1946), Bobby Orvel (1949-2021), and Linda Barber (1954). Five grandchildren.
In 1950, they settled in New Johnsonville, where Orvel was employed with TVA.
Enid commuted part-time for years to earn her B.S. degree at Bethel College and M.S. and EdD at Austin Peay. She served the Humphreys County children for forty-four years, as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, supervisior of education, and as director of schools. She served on the committee that worked to build Humphreys County Center of Higher Education. She also wrote her autobiography, Cotton Fields. A member of New Johnsonville Church of Christ.
She balanced her insatiable drive to excel with an unflagging and ever cheerful need to care for others.
Sister to Paul Ray Haney (1930-1956), Leamon Earl Haney (1933-2001), and James Dee Haney (1936-2019).
After graduation from Swifton High School, Enid entered nursing school in Memphis, where she met Orvel Barber. They were married in Corinth Mississippi on November 12, 1942. To this union five children were born. Baby Barber (1943-1943), Carole Ann (1944-2017), Nancy Louise (1946), Bobby Orvel (1949-2021), and Linda Barber (1954). Five grandchildren.
In 1950, they settled in New Johnsonville, where Orvel was employed with TVA.
Enid commuted part-time for years to earn her B.S. degree at Bethel College and M.S. and EdD at Austin Peay. She served the Humphreys County children for forty-four years, as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, supervisior of education, and as director of schools. She served on the committee that worked to build Humphreys County Center of Higher Education. She also wrote her autobiography, Cotton Fields. A member of New Johnsonville Church of Christ.
She balanced her insatiable drive to excel with an unflagging and ever cheerful need to care for others.
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