Funeral service for Jeroldine Sue (Jeri) Barnett will be 9:30 a.m. Monday, January 29, 2018 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.

On Monday, January 22, 2018 Jeroldine Sue (Jeri) Barnett a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and aunt left this world to join her husband in their eternal home in Heaven. Jeroldine Sue Barker was born April 9 1928 at home in Waynoka, Oklahoma to Jesse Ray Barker and Carrie Jane Camp Barker. She attended Walnut Grove Elementary School and Waynoka High School graduating in 1946. From 1946 to 1949 she attended and graduated from Enid Foundation School of Nursing. She worked 9 months in the Waynoka Hospital at which point she moved to Abilene Texas.  There she attended Abilene Christian College part time and worked nights as a nurse at the hospital. She met her future husband Herman Barnett there at Abilene Christian College. After Herman graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1951 they married June 3, 1951.  Jeri worked as a registered nurse at least part time for most of her life until retirement.  They raised 4 children in a loving Christian home. Christianity was their primary focus and they instilled this in their children along with love of family.  Herman was a minister and an educator.  In 1964 they moved to York Nebraska where Herman taught at York Christian College and Jeri worked for the local hospital. While there they worked with a marital counseling program. Jeri also attained her Associates Degree at York College in 1979.  After Herman passed away in 2014 she lived with her daughter DeAnna and her husband and their son.

Survivors include two sister-in-laws, Genevieve Edwards and Beverly Barnett; children Delbert Barnett and wife Melinda of Beaumont, Texas, Debra Sexton and husband Rick of Elkins, Arkansas, DeAnna Martin and husband David of Cedar Park, Texas, Dale Barnett and wife Joanna of Alpine, Texas; grandchildren Shannon Sexton and husband Devin, Josh Sexton and wife Abbi, Blake Barnett and fiancé Laci Landry, Michael Sexton and wife Tessa, Megan Milich and husband Dan,  Stacey Wilson and husband Matt, Stephen Sexton and wife Maria, Tyler Martin, Audrey Barnett, and Jake Barnett: 9 great grandchildren; Paxton Jones, Trenton Sexton, Corbin Wilson, Cooper Wilson , Caylie Wilson, Cason Wilson, Aiden Sexton, Sammy Fulton and Reed Sexton: and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 62 years Herman Barnett; two brothers: Jim Barker and wife Nona, Johnny Barker and wife Joann.