AISLA C. BARTON

Graveside services for Aisla C. Barton will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dicksfield Cemetery, 2900 E. Lynches River Road, Cartersville, with the Rev. Lemuel Washington officiating.

Public viewing will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Aisla Celestine Timmons Barton transitioned on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at her residence in Sumter.

Born in Timmonsville and raised in Cartersville, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Ella Harrell Timmons. She was the wife of the late Sylvandis R. Barton.

Mrs. Barton attended the public schools in Florence County. She also attended South Carolina State College in Orangeburg and later graduated from Morris College in Sumter. She was employed as a substitute teacher and later worked and retired from the former Campbell Soup Co. Mrs. Barton was raised in the church of New Haven United Methodist Church in Cartersville. After marriage, she attended Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church and later joined Union Station AME Church, serving as president of Stewardess Board 2, participating in the Women's Missionary Society, Pastor's Aide Committee, Sanctuary Choir, Lay Organization and was honored as the "Mother of the Church." In the community, she was a member of the Campbell Soup's Retiree Club and attended Sumter Senior Citizens Center.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Sylvandis, she was preceded in death by a sister, Marcell Hanna; three brothers, Henry, Lewis and Aurin Crosby Timmons; and several nephews and a niece.

Survivors include four children, Sylvia (Lonnie) DeShazor of Trotwood, Ohio, Ronald (Sarah) Barton of Columbia, Myra O. Barton of Sumter and  Dr. Darryl (Karen) Barton of Wausaw, Wisconsin; 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 25 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Eleanor Allen of Cartersville; and a host of other relatives and friends. 

Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.