Judith Anne Barnett

Judith Anne Bright Barnett died Monday, November 4th of complications from a lengthy illness. Judy was born October 8th, 1938 in Alva, OK to Justine Nellora Fash and Robert Clinton Bright. Judy lived in Alva for most of her childhood and was a proud member of the Alva Goldbug pep club and cheerleading squad as well as homecoming queen. She attended the University of Oklahoma and Northwestern State University where she received her BA in Education. She married Rodney Duckworth in 1958 and had her first son, David Rodney Duckworth in 1960. They soon divorced and she married the love of her life, Dallas Cody Barnett, in 1962. She had known Dallas for many years as he was best friends with her brother, Bob Bright and her cousin, Don Roberts. Dallas and Judy moved to Oklahoma City and raised their family there. Judy first taught at Western Oaks junior high school where she was the first teacher to continue teaching while pregnant in the Oklahoma City public school system. Her second son, Dallas Cody Barnett, Jr. was born in 1969. Judy was civic-minded. She registered hundreds of voters at her home and was an alternate delegate for Oklahoma at the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Soon after attending this convention, she had her daughter, Anne Justine in November of 1972. She went on to teach high school English at Northwest Classen High School for 18 years and was editor of the award winning yearbook. Judy was an avid reader, a Daughter of the American Revolution, a weather watcher, a sports fan, an enthusiastic concert-qoer, and an adventurous traveler with trips to Egypt, the Amazon, Machu Picchu, Galapagos, Africa, and the North Pole. She is preceded in death by her husband Dallas Barnett, her son David Duckworth and her brother, Mike Stevens. She is survived by her son, Dallas Cody Barnett, Jr. (Kelly) of Oklahoma City, OK; her dauqhter, Anne Justine Barnett George (Mike) of Scarsdale, NY; daughter-in-law, Denise Duckworth of Oklahoma City, OK; nine grandchildren: Riley and Garrett Duckworth, Dylan, Andrew and Evelyn Barnett, and Isabela, Hayley, Chloe and Dallas George; brother Bob Bright and his wife, Connie of Oklahoma City, OK; sister-in-law, Natalie McKinnon of Oklahoma City, OK and cousin, Beverly Roberts Reininger of Oklahoma City, OK; nieces Sydney Bright Warren (Anthony) of Oklahoma City, OK, and Angela Stevens Jalis (Mike) of Oklahoma City, OK; Cindy Cargill Armstrong (Jeff) of Oklahoma City, OK; Susan Cargill Clark (Bob) of Oklahoma City, OK and nephews Chris Bright (Jana) of Oklahoma City, OK and Patrick Bright (Allison) of London, England, loyal friend Trish Ryan of Oklahoma City, OK as well as many friends and comforting caregivers. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Calm Waters Center for Children and Families, 4334 Northwest Expressway, Suite 101, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 or Greenpeace 1-800-722-6995 account #578839, the Judy Barnett Memorial Fund. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, November 8, 2013 at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and burial immediately following at Rose Hill Burial Park.