Obituary: Barbara Carrol Palomino

Barbara Carrol Palomino, age 55, of Oak Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 19, at her home.

Barbara was born March 23, 1959, in Hazard, Kentucky, to Thomas H. and Lela Wells Howard.

She attended school in Lexington, Kentucky, and moved to Oak Ridge in 2004. Barbara was a homemaker and attended the Oliver Springs Church of Christ. She loved to listen to music, garden, and taking care of her pets Milo and Abby.

She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas H. Howard; husband, Bill Palomino, sister, Juanita Cheryl Howard Cromer; and grandparents Isaac and Mary Howard, and Jason and Annie Wells.

Barbara is survived by her children, Lela Michelle Palomino and Thomas Adrian Palomino, both of Oak Ridge; mother, Lela Howard of Oliver Springs; sister, Patricia Howard and her husband Steve Ahler, of Lexington, Kentucky; brother Thomas Howard Jr. and his wife Laurie of Coshocton, Ohio; sister Sherry Marlow and her husband James, of Oliver Springs, and brother Jason Howard of Oliver Springs; and several aunts, uncles cousins, nieces, and nephews.

A memorial service was held Saturday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Holt officiating. The family received friends prior to the service from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to the family in care of Sherry Marlow, P.O. Box 4062, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, or Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home, 1017 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.

Online messages to the family may be left at www.martinfuneralhomeoakridge.com. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is serving the Palomino family.