Edith Lorene Corzine Barham

Edith Lorene Corzine Barham, 88, of Karnak, died at 6:59 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at the Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis.

She was born on Nov. 29, 1933, in Karnak.

She was a graduate of the Karnak High School. She accepted Christ at the age of 16 and was a lifetime member of the First Pentecostal Church in Karnak. 

Lorene and Noah Barham (deceased) were united in marriage in 1964. 

Her life was the Lord, family and church. She loved to read. She made weekly visits for 13 years to the Southgate Nursing Home in Metropolis, where she would entertain the residents by playing the piano and singing. 

She was a bookkeeper most of her life, having worked for Fulkerson Bookkeeping, Alan Wehemyer Tax Services and later retired as the bookkeeper for Carl Corzine Feed Mill in Karnak. 

After retirement she went back to work for Shawnee Community College in the finance department.

Survivors include one brother, Jerry (Geneva) Corzine of Belknap; a  sister, Geraldine Corzine (Laura Sikes), who was like a sister, of Bloomingdale, Georgia; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Noah Barham; her parents, Garvin Jackson and Birtie Ethel Waltmon Corzine; two brothers, Carl and William Corzine; two sisters, Wilma Eileen Alfter and Dorothy Louise Owens; and two infant brothers. 

Funeral services honoring the life of Mrs. Edith Lorene Corzine Barham were at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the First Pentecostal Church in Karnak. Brother Jr. Wood and Brother Tim Newton officiated. Interment followed in Cypress Cemetery in Cypress.

Pallbearers were Garvin Alfter, William Alfter, Steven Alfter, Troy Alfter, Marvin Carlton and Carlos Hernandez. Honorary pallbearers were Curtis Alfter, Phillip Corzine and JG Corzine.

To leave an online message for the family or to share a memory, visit www.wilsonfuneralhome1928.com. 

Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak was in charge of arrangements.