Allie Barnett Holmes Utley, 76, of Nebo, Ky. passed away at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday March 6, 2010 at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville.

She was born February 13, 1934 in Crofton, Ky. to the late Norris Barnett in May 1941 and Lassie Irene Fisher Barnett in 2005. She was a homemaker and was a loving and caring mother to her children. She was an active member of Prospect Baptist Church in Dalton, Ky. where she was a Sunday school teacher.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ernest Duward Holmes; her second husband, Victor M. Utley; five brothers, Frank Barnett, Jimmy Ray Davis, John Paris, Harold Barnett and Dan Wolff; two sons, Ronald Holmes and Donald Holmes.

She is survived by two sons, Timothy W. (Shirley) Holmes of Princeton, Ky. and Anthony W. (Kim) Holmes of Mortons Gap, Ky.; one daughter, Debbie (Rodney) Bourland of Hanson, Ky.; a daughter-in-law, Karen Holmes of Madisonville, Ky.; three sisters, Joyce Blanchard and family of Chicago, IL., Betty Downey of Plymouth, IN. and Marlene Sue Sigers of Central City, Ky.; one brother, Bud Barnett of Rochester, IN.; two half brothers, Richard Owen Jackson and David Jackson both of Indiana; twenty six grandchildren; twenty great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday March 10, 2010 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Rev. Len Young officiating and Rev. Wayne Lamb assisting.Burial will be in Dalton Cemetery in Dalton, Ky.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until service time Wednesday at Harris Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oak Ridge Retirement Center Activities Fund and The American Diabetes Association.

The family would especially like to thank the staff at Oak Ridge Retirement Center for the love and care they showed Allie during her stay. A special thank you to Oak Ridge Retirement Center staff Cindy Barnhill, Dana Hallum, Jeanette Tomblinson, Kelly Hager and Wylene Neisz.