Mattie Barger

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Mae Barger, 90, of Cookeville, will be held at 11 am Wednesday at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Buddy Johnson and Kelly Stockton officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Barger"�s family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 "� 8 pm and again Wednesday from 9 am until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Barger died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at NHC of Cookeville. She was born May 13, 1922 in Jackson County, TN to the late William Rodgers and Nancy Minnie Kirby Wheeler. Mrs. Barger was a member of Jefferson Avenue Church of Christ. She was retired from Dayton Tire and Rubber in Dayton, OH with over 30 years of service. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Barger; three brothers, Daniel, Donald, and Frank Wheeler; and two sisters, Clennie Barkalow and Ethel Pruitt. She is survived by a son, Michael Barger of Cookeville; brother and sister-in-law, Louis and Iris Wheeler of Jackson County; sister, Mary Walls of Chattanooga, TN; two grandchildren, Alexander and Ariana Barger both of Dayton, OH. Friends and family will serve as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may be made to Happy Haven Children"�s Home 2311 Wakefield Drive Cookeville, TN 38501.