Naomi Barton

Auburn Community – Naomi Ruth Barton, 71, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her home. She was born in Booneville on December 22, 1945 to Willie Dee and Rosa Edith Helton Smith. On July 19, 1962, she married Jimmie Barton, of Derma, in Oxford. She graduated from Calhoun City High School. Naomi and Jimmie moved from Birmingham, Alabama to retire on Lake Piomingo. She was a member of Auburn Baptist Church with her husband for the past 15 years and was a member of choir. She enjoyed singing, baking, watching hummingbirds and enjoying life with her husband. She dearly loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will miss their “Nannie”.