Funeral services for Rebecca Ann (Bruner) Barnett, 68, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 2, 2024, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Barnett passed away October 24, 2024, at Ozarks Medical Center. She was born September 16, 1956 at Christa Hogan Hospital in West Plains, Missouri, to Gerald and Darlene Bruner. She passed away October 24, 2024 at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains.
While she spent most of her life in West Plains, Becky did live a few other places that she felt were home also: Winona, Missouri, Noel Missouri, Friona Texas, and Pineville, Missouri. In 2001 she, along with her two sons, moved back to West Plains. On June 18, 2005 she was married to Randall Dale Barnett. They lived in Mountain View, Missouri until the passing of her parents. Then they moved into her family home in West Plains. During her working life she was an EMT for Howell County. Later on, as a stay at home mom she got her certification to be a preschool teacher for Pleasant Grove Christian Academy in Jane, Missouri. Mrs. Barnett was very active in church as well as coaching for Special Olympics for many years. She always went out of her way to help and care for others no matter what need they had. She was very outspoken about her beliefs and felt no shame in telling others about her Savior, Jesus Christ.
She is survived by her husband Randy Barnett of West Plains; Two cousins, who were the siblings she never had, Mark Napier and wife, Marijo, of Grove, Oklahoma and Shelley Napier of Springfield, Missouri; two sons from previous marriages, Michael (Ledbetter) Williams of Birch Tree, Missouri and Justin (Williams) Barnett and wife, Maddlyn of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas; the children that she gained through those marriages, Sunshine Ledbetter of Twin Bridges, Missouri, Mike Williams and wife, Tina of Neosho, Missouri, Pamela Still and husband Roy, of Anderson Missouri; one cousin whom she took into her family as her own, Robyn Hodde of West Plains, Missouri; her grandchildren, who were her pride and joy: From Justin (Zari, Harlin, and Caleb), Sunshine (Sasha, Cheyenne, and Skyler), Mike (Shiela, Nicholas, Lakota, and Aubrey), Pam (Travis, Nathan, Alaina, and Ashlyn), and Robyn (Emma); three bonus grandchildren from her marriage to Randy; eleven great-grandchildren; and many more family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Gerald and Darlene Bruner, Aunt and Uncle, Maxine and Clyde Napier, parents-in-law, Luther and Mary Barnett, sister-in-law, Beverly Jones and one special grandson, Jackson Hodde.
Visitation services will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to North American Missions Board or the Gideon Bible Society and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
