Visitation:
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from 10 - 11 a.m. at the
Waynesville United Methodist Church
Service:
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 11 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Barbara M. Phelps, 87, of
Waynesville, passed away at the McLean County
Nursing Home in Normal on September 3, 2025.
Services for Barbara will be held at the Waynesville
United Methodist Church on Tuesday, September 9,
2025. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed
by Funeral Services at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Becky Barrow
will officiate. Burial will follow at the Evergreen
Cemetery in Waynesville.
Barbara M. West was born January 27, 1938, in
Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of Emmett L. West and
Gertrude “Trudie” L. Mundy West White. She was
united in marriage to Selby D. Phelps on August 8,
1957. Selby preceded Barbara in death on August 15,
2015.
Barbara is survived by three children: Sheila
(Steve) Ford, Michael (Kim) Phelps, and Lisa Davis;
nine grandchildren: Renee (John) Goddard, Rebecca
(Joel) Pabst, Rachel Ford, Ashley (Eric) Bender,
Lacy Phelps, Dylan (Meghan) Phelps, Tristan Davis,
Jeremy (Stephanie) Nelson, and Angie (Josh)
Gillespie; and 15 great-grandchildren: Stella,
Gabriel, Noah, Elijah, Jolene, Ellis, Jaynie, Ella,
Bentley, Kobe, Alex P., Alex N., Benny, Easton and
Ava. |

Barbara had worked at General
Electric in Bloomington. She was a member of the
Waynesville United Methodist Church. Her greatest
joy was spending time with her family.
Memorials may be made to the Waynesville United
Methodist Church.
Final Arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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