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Saturday

March

Visitation at Funeral Home

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel

3481 Hamilton Mill Rd.

Buford, Georgia, United States

Saturday

March

Memorial Service

2:00 pm

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel

3481 Hamilton Mill Rd

Buford, Georgia, United States

sandra.sims@att.net posted a condolence

Monday, July 6, 2020

Dear Katie and Leanne, Today I was looking for some information on the Hamilton Mill website and was stunned to run across Barbara smiling back at me. I am sooo sorry for your loss. Words are always extremely inadequate at times like this, but I just wanted you all to know I’m thinking about you and was very saddened to learn of Barbara's passing. Better neighbors were never had than your mom and dad. I enjoyed Barbara's quick wit. Many times she and I sat on my driveway and laughed like loons at some silly something. One of my favorites was the time your Mom's package was delivered to our house shortly after they moved to Arbor Clos. When my husband took it over to her, she mistook him for the delivery boy. I still chuckle at that one. Barbara was a sweet friend to me after Bill passed away, always helpful and considerate, and always encouraging and inviting me to do things with her. I will hold dearly the fond memories we made. I know you all must have sooo many wonderful memories from years past. Cherish them, and when those times come that you would just like to talk to your mom, recall those precious memories. They will sustain you. I pray the Good Lord will wrap His big ole loving arms around you and comfort you all as only He can. Just know you remain in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Sandra Sims

Carolyn Shortell posted a condolence

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Dear Katie and Leanne, I seldom read newspaper obituaries. Today, stuck at home and bored by the necessity of social distancing for we older people, I decided to read my newspaper more thoroughly than usual. That is the reason I saw the news about your sweet Mother. Barbara and I met at Christian Women’s Connection. We served the Lord together via that organization for several years. Barbara was an outstanding Chair/leader who made even the most mundane task fun and rewarding. Your mom loved you, her twin daughters, unconditionally, and was so very proud of you both. I fondly remember seeing each of you from time to time at the Christian Womens’ luncheons. I also remember your beautiful wedding, Katie. Please accept my sincere condolences and know that you and your family will be on my prayer list for the upcoming year. So sorry that I will not be able to attend Barbara’s memorial service due to the guidelines set forth during this pandemic. I will be there in spirit. Sincerely, Carolyn Shortell

Lynn Normand posted a condolence

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Barbara was my best friend during the last few summers when we were in Maine. She was married to Bob Belair, one of my husband Roger's high school classmates in Biddeford, Maine. We went to their wedding in 1984 where we first met Barbara. Unfortunately, we lost touch with the Belair's for many years, mostly because we lived in Virginia and they lived in a number of locations in the south. After we retired we decided to live in Maine during the summer and Florida during the winter. They also decided to buy a place in Maine for the summer, and that's when we reconnected. We saw them socially fairly often, so I really got to know Barbara well. I knew right away that Barbara and I would become good friends. She had all the qualities that I liked in a friend. She was smart, nice, considerate, generous, outgoing, loving, and funny. She liked to go out to eat, as do I, so we spent a lot of time in restaurants. We had many wonderful times together. We both loved water aerobics, so we joined a gym and went to water classes together several days a week. Following class we would always stop at Starbucks, our favorite place! We went with our husbands to the Yarmouth Clam Festival, the Lobster Festival in Rockland, and several plays at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Barbara introduced me to her favorite ice cream which was only available at the Maine Diner: Blueberry Chocolate Chip. It is now my favorite. No wonder we had such a hard time losing weight! We also liked to shop together at the mall and craft fairs. She talked often about her daughters and granddaughters, and her friends in Georgia. It was easy to see how much she loved them all of them. Summers in Maine will never be the same for me. Barbara was one of the best people I’ve ever known, and I loved her like a sister. I will miss her terribly. I am heartbroken that I won’t be able to travel to her funeral because of the Coronavirus, but I will be there in spirit. Rest well, my dear friend. You will always be in my heart.

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Monday, March 16, 2020

Sweet Barbara - Southern lady through and through: gracious, classy, kind, thoughtful. Barbara and I first met twelve years ago when she signed up for my Tai Chi class. A diligent student, she persevered through pain, surgeries, and setbacks but never lost the courage that was her outstanding quality. Over the years, we became good friends, discovering the many things we had in common. We liked the same music and art, liked and wore the same colors, shopped in the same stores, shared the same hairstylist, and were always looking for a weight loss plan that would work for us. My husband and I enjoyed going out to dinner and attending concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Bob and Barbara, and visiting them in Maine, where they were most gracious hosts. But the most fun Barbara and I had was when she and Bob moved into Deaton Creek and Barbara asked for my help with their new home's furnishing and decor. Barbara and I spent many enjoyable hours and days together shopping and planning, and putting it all together. When it was done, Barbara hosted a birthday luncheon for me with our Tai Chi group that will remain one of my favorite memories. Her stoicism in the face of suffering and her willingness to face the reality of her illness will always be a source of inspiration to me.

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Barbara Belair

1948 - 2020

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