Barbara Ann (Bussey) Irwin September 14, 1936 ~ February 3, 2022

Obituary

A celebration of life for Barbara Ann (Bussey) Irwin, 85, of Portales will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, February 11, 2022, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Phillip Smith officiating.

Barbara Ann Irwin was born on September 14, 1936, in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, to the home of Bessie (Riddle) and Oliver Lawrence Bussey, and entered heaven’s gate on February 3, 2022, where she was greeted by her family and her twin for the first time.

Barbara attended and graduated from Seminole High School in 1955.  After raising her family, she attended and graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1980.  She was a realtor at Master Realty and Prudential Realty for over 30 years, serving the surrounding community.  She serves on the Campfire Board, Planning & Zoning Board and the Women’s Club of Portales.  She was a proud member of First Baptist Church of Portales for over 50 years.

Barbara enjoyed working with people, working in her yard, cooking and traveling.  She is remembered as a loving, caring person, mother and grandmother.  She will be missed dearly by her family as always being available to listen, and present when needed.  We are grateful and blessed to have had the opportunity to have her in our lives.  Rest in peace as we continue to remember all our good times and memories of you.

She was preceded in death by her parents Oliver L. Bussey and Bessie Riddle Bussey and four wonderful loving brothers, Eugene, Lawrence, Ramon and Donald Ray Bussey.

Barbara is survived by a sister-in-law, Linda Bussey of Ardmore, OK; two sons, Christopher Douglas of Portales and Charles Drew of Albuquerque; two grandchildren, Crystal Irwin Milton of Clovis and Charles David Irwin of Phoenix, AZ; one great grandchild, Nayel Santino Irwin of Phoenix, AZ; two nephews, Larry Bussey of Frisco, TX and Jeff Bussey of Blanchard, OK. And two nieces, Sandra Bussey Primm of Midwest City, OK and Amy Bussey of Ardmore, OK.

Special thanks go out to Robin and Nancy Pendergraft for being loving and caring caregivers during her final years.  We all truly appreciate your loving and caring ways of providing daily assistance.