Jack Nelson Barrett

By | January 13, 2014

Jack Barrett, age 87, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Jenkins Care Community of Wellston. He was born November 27, 1926 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Jack and Byrdie Kelly Barrett. He was pre-deceased by his parents; wife, Dortha Shrewsbury Legler Barrett; brother, Gene Barrett and grandson, Barry Neal Davis.

He is survived by a daughter, Valerie Legler Davis (Johnnie); four grandchildren, Amy (Randy) Williams, Chris (Missy) Davis, Barry’s wife Shawna Davis, Danielle (Jason Parker) Davis and Erik (Katrina) Davis; also granddaughter-in-law, Becky Davis. He had 11 great-grandchildren, Kendra and Kaitlyn Williams, Bryanna and Kaylee Davis, John T. and Bret Davis, Madelyn Parker, Treylan and Kenzie Davis, Devon Malone and Lauren Lucas.

He loved hunting, fishing, wood working, knife making and his family. He was a former printer with The Portsmouth Times, manager of Seton Square of Wellston when it first opened and was a member of the Jackson Sheriff’s Auxiliary in the early 1980s. He was also a past Master of the Lucasville Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Mayhew-Brown Funeral Home with Rev. Wendell Vermillion officiating and burial to follow in the Wheelersburg Memorial Park. Friends may call from 10 a.m. up to the time of the funeral. Condolences may be sent to www.mayhewbrownfuneralhome.com.