Published: July 18, 2008 10:28 am         

Ora Lee Richeson Barry

PICAYUNE — Born April 2, 1924 in Burleson, Texas

Ora Lee entered into eternity at 12:45 a.m. on July 17, 2008 at Highland Community Hospital in Picayune after a long bout with alzheimer's, diabetes and parkinson's disease. Ora Lee served in the United States Army as a medical and dental technician during World War II and was honorable discharged as a Private First Class on August 13, 1946. She went to nursing school and retired from Campbell Hospital in Weatherford, Texas. She was a member of the Church of Christ for over fifty years in Texas before moving to Mississippi and worshipping with the church in Hattiesburg in 2003.

She was preceded in death by: her mother, Ethyl Case; her father, Jasper Morgan Richeson; one brother, Eugene Richeson; two sons, James and John Barry; and her husband, Jack Whitley Barry.

Survivors include: her daughter, Jean Lee Barry Cudworth of Picayune; her son-in-law, Gary Cudworth; sister, Helen Cleneghan of Weatherford; and grandchildren, Jack Cudworth of Slidell, La.; Sherilyn Thompson of Athens, Tenn., Sharla Dowling of Waycross, Ga., Shana Brown of Memphis, Tenn. and Todd Cudworth of Sacramento, Calif. Ora Lee is also survived by twelve great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She will be interred with her husband, Jack, in Biloxi National Cemetery. There will be no funeral services and a memorial will be planned later in the year.