Evelyn Lois Todd Barron

Mrs. Evelyn Lois Todd Barron, age 90 of Mt. Airy, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021.  She was born in Stephens County, Georgia on February 8, 1931, the daughter of the late Arlo Todd and the late Gladys Dodd Todd.  Lois graduated from Clarkesville High School and was employed for many years by North Georgia Technical College.  She later owned and operated her own antique businesses in Helen, Georgia and Clarkesville, Georgia.  She assisted her husband Willie Barron and her son Richard Barron in their antique car businesses, traveling with them and making many long-lasting friends across the eastern United States.
 

Lois loved antiques, fishing, traveling and the strawberry patch.  She was also known as a great cook and famous for her old-fashioned six-layer chocolate cake.  Above all, she loved her family.  She will be forever remembered for her positive outlook on life-embracing everyone she met with a smile and a welcoming spirit. 

In addition to her parents, Lois was preceded in death by her husband Willie Andrew Barron, their daughter, Lois Elaine, and Lois’ sisters: Helen Todd Walters Davis of Toccoa, Georgia, Betty Todd Heaton of Mt. Airy, Georgia, Shirley Todd Kubek of Toccoa, Georgia and Jo Todd Blankenship of Kennesaw, Georgia.

She is survived by her son, Richard Keith Barron of Mt. Airy, Georgia, her brother, Ernest Verner Todd and wife Peggy of Auburn, Alabama; her brother-in-law, William Blankenship of Kennesaw, Georgia.  In addition, Lois is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and their families who regarded her life as one well lived.  She will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will Sunday, December 26, 2021, 2 O’clock p.m. in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home to celebrate her life with family officiating. 

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Sunday from noon until the service time.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

Respectfully requested memorials may be sent to Antioch Baptist Church, 2175 Antioch Church Road, Mt. Airy, Georgia 30563 or to a charity of your choice in memory of Mrs. Evelyn Lois Todd Barron.

Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Evelyn Lois Todd Barron.