Sue Barfoot

Graveside services for Henri Sue Barfoot, of Lubbock will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 26, 2011 at the Jayton Cemetery in Jayton, Texas with Lula Childers officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. She died at home on December 22, 2011 with family, devoted friends and caregivers at her side. Born December 9, 1925, in Jayton, she graduated from Lubbock High School in 1943. She attended King’s Daughters Hospital School of Nursing in Temple, as well as the University of Oregon, Texas Woman’s University, and the University of Colorado, where she received a Masters’ Degree in Public Health Nursing Administration. She was a school nurse in Dickens County, a public health nurse in Seminole, and supervisor of public health at Plainview-Hale County Health Department. She served as a U.S. Army health nurse at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and as a supervisor of Tuberculosis Control for four regions of the Texas Department of Health. And she served as director of Client Services for TDH Regions 2, 12, and 1, from which she retired in 1992. Sue was a Fellow of the Texas Public Health Association, and was active in the American Lung Association, and the South Plains Council of Governments. She was a member of Altrusa International of Lubbock, and of the Texas Nurses Association. Texas Public Health Association recognized her with the Honorary Member Award, and in 1991 with the James E. Peavy Memorial Award for outstanding public health work in Texas. She also received the Nurse of the Year award from Texas Nurses Association, District 18. She was a member of Monterey Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, A.J. Barfoot; mother, Nina Bilberry Martin; father, Harold Martin; nephew, Luke Martin. She is survived by a brother, L.H. (Luke) Martin, Jr. and wife Eileen; a nephew, Matthew V. Martin and wife Julie; daughter, Jade; niece, Nina Nancy Martin; and great-nephew, Oliver Hiller of Lubbock. The family and friends of Sue wish to thank the dedicated caregivers who added so much more than direct care to Sue’s daily life. Memorials are suggested to Vista Care Hospice, Monterey Baptist Church, or your favorite charity.

Sue Barfoot

December 9, 1928 - December 22, 2011