SERVICES: THURSDAY,APRIL 29, 20102:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: WEDNESDAY,APRIL 28, 20105:00 - 8:00 P. M. OFFICIATING: REV. ALBERT REIDREV. RANDALL DUNAWAYREV. KENNETH ROCKCOINTERMENT: CHRIST CHURCH CEMETERY BASTROP, LA Mrs. Bessie Barrier, 84, died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian. She was a native of Pioneer, LA, lived in Bastrop, LA for many years, and had been a resident of Philadelphia for the past 18 years. She was a retired secretary/bookkeeper and formerly worked for Jones Furniture Company in Bastrop and Bastrop United Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Barrier was a member of New Zion United Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Wanda Walker; granddaughter, Pamela Andrews; great-grandsons, Shane Cox, Dewayne Cox, and Matthew Cain; great-granddaughter, Misty Waller; sister, Gladys Freeland; and brother, Thurman Wright. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Brown Barrier of Philadelphia; step-daughter, Linda Rockco of Foxworth; step-son, Leonard Barrier of Philadelphia; granddaughters, Janet Robinson, Susan Wit, Beth Courson, and Carla Walker; and grandson, Steven Walker all of Bastrop, LA; step-grandchildren, Marilyn Powell of Foxworth and James Rockco of Jayess; 18 great-grandchildren and their families; and brother, Herman Wright of Pineville, MO.