Mrs. Ann Barbaree Page, 82 of Preston, passed away Saturday January 30, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 2, 2021 graveside at Harmony Cemetery in Richland. Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. Friends are welcome to visit the family at the residence of Jay and Julie Page 912 Sears Road Richland, GA.
Ann Barbaree Page was born April 16, 1938 in Richland, GA. She was the daughter of the late Arthur David Barbaree and the late Louise Hicks Barbaree. Ann grew up in Richland and after high school she attended the University of Georgia, where she received a bachelor's degree in special education. She also obtained a master's degree from Columbus University. She taught in the Muscogee County School System, Richland Elementary School and Webster County Elementary. She retired after 32 years and loved and nurtured every child that came in her classroom. She loved to tell fun stories and reminisced a lot about her teaching days. After retirement,...