Barbara Quattlebaum Parr

– DECATUR – Barbara Quattlebaum Parr, 87, died on November 29, at Arbor Terrace, in Decatur, Georgia. Barbara was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia where she embraced the traditional southern life style filled with love of family, church, and friends. After graduating from Savannah’s Pape School and Agnes Scott College, Barbara served as a stewardess for Delta Airlines until her marriage of 52 years to William H. Parr of Savannah. While raising a family in Atlanta, Barbara taught Sunday school, presided over the PTA at Morris Brandon, played tennis at Brookwood Hills and Bitsy Grant, and became an accomplished seamstress and baker. She later taught at St. Anne’s preschool, taught tennis to youth groups, substituted at Northside High School and learned to upholster. Barbara was the over 50’s Georgia state tennis champ for doubles and placed second at Nationals in 1981.Barbara bravely fought off multiple types of cancer throughout her adult life.

Barbara is survived by her daughter, Barbara Bobbie Q. Parr of Tallahassee, sons William C. Parr wife Jane Boggs of Atlanta and George T. Parr wife Kathy Thompson of Sugar Hill, GA; three grandchildren, Ryan Parr, Eric Parr wife Daniela Velez and Elizabeth Parr; three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held 11AM Tuesday in the memorial garden at Northside United Methodist Church of Atlanta, followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 60 East 56th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022.