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In Memory of
Jeffrey Adam Barb
May 17, 1988 - July 9, 2016

Visitation:
4-8pm, Thursday, July 14, 2016
Lohr and Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, WV

Service:
Friday, July 15, 2016 at 12 noon
Lohr and Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, WV

Interment:
Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, WV

Jeffrey Adam Barb, 28, a native of Parsons, and a resident of the Lazy Run community, Kerens, departed this life early Saturday morning, July 8, 2016, at Kerens, as a result of an automobile accident.

He was born Tuesday, May 17, 1988, at Elkins, a son of Jeffrey Allan and Anita Marie DeMotto Barb, who survive.

Also surviving are one brother, Hugh Nicholas "Nick" Barb and wife Courtney; grandparents, Hugh and Maggie DeMotto of Red Creek and Jane H. Barb of Parsons; aunts and uncles, Hughie DeMotto of Red Creek, Mike DeMotto and wife, Lorrie, of Gilman, Sidnee Barb of Ohio, and Riley H. Barb and wife, Amy, of Canaan Valley; cousins, Bethany Miller and husband, Fred, and their daughter, Rylee, of Alabama, Emily, Jacob, Mikaela and Bretsell DeMotto, all of Elkins, and Charlee Barb of Lost Creek; and two nephews, Luke and Beau Barb, who he adored; and Adam had many great friends that he leaves behind.

Preceding him in death was his grandfather, Howard Nicholas Nick Barb.

He was a graduate of Tucker County High School with the class of 2006, where he was a member of the football squad. He received the Darren Moss Award while attending Tucker Valley Middle School, which reflects his selfless attitude for his peers and his teachers. He attended Fairmont State University and West Virginia University. He graduated with honors cum laude from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science with the class of 2011. Adam then joined his family's funeral home, Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins and Parsons, as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He was third generation of the funeral home. Adam was known for his smile. He was a beautiful young man, kind, loving, funny and a very good friend to anyone he came in contact with. We will miss you dearly My Adam, Dwib, Dwiblet.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are under the direction of Lohr & Barb Funeral Home for Jeffrey Adam Barb. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons from 4 to 8 PM Thursday. Final Rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor, Friday, July 15, 2016 at 12 Noon. The Reverend J. Michael Lantz will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, WV.