Chapman, Barbara Ann (Dalton)

Friday, May 04, 2012

Barbara Ann Chapman, 61, of Dalton, Ga., died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the local hospital.

Barbara was born October 18, 1950, in Dalton; and was preceded in death by her mother, Polly Patton Bryan; and brother, Wayne Bryan. 

She is survived by her husband of 41years, Tommy Chapman; father, Jesse Willard Bryan; daughter and son-in-law, Colleen and Scott Miller; son, Larry Tony Rich; brother, Ronnie Bryan; sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty Jo and Randy Bates all of Dalton and Debbie and Waylon Stone of Ringgold; grandchildren, Brittany Apple, Derrick Rich and Kyle Rich; great-granddaughter, Macie Apple; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Terry and Ricki Chapman of Dalton; and nieces and nephews. 

Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Barbara Ann Chapman will be held Sunday, May 6, at 2 p.m. at the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home with Reverend Ronald Guffey officiating. Interment will follow in the Dawnville United Methodist Church Cemetery. 

The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 5 at the Ponders Funeral Home who has charge of the arrangements.


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