Barbara Hallum, 59, of Hanson, KY passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky.

She was born on November 9, 1955 in Chicago, IL to Murel Leigh Bivins and the late Paul Ray Bivins. Barbara was formerly employed with the Eddie Ballard Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson. She was a member of Zion Brick Missionary Baptist Church in Slaughters, KY where she was the pianist, WMU director, church clerk and a preschool Sunday school teacher. In her spare time she enjoyed quilting.

In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her son, Michael Bruce Hallum and brother, Ricky Paul Bivins.

Survivors include her mother, Murel Leigh Bivins of Slaughters, husband, Walter Glen Hallum; daughters, Amy Downs and Crystal Downs both of Madisonville; sons, Quincy Hallum, Steve Hallum both of Hanson and Jeramie Hallum of Madisonville; seven grandchildren; three brothers; two sisters; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 21, 2015 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Bro. Tondra Daugherty and Bro. Roy Finley officiating. Burial to follow at Hanson Cemetery in Hanson.

Visitation will be Thursday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Friday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be David Bruce, William Bruce, Jeremy Harris, David Gilbert, Thomas Miller and Nick Duvall.