With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Barbara Elaine Gaines of Olive Branch, Mississippi, born in Laconia, New Hampshire, who passed away on December 7, 2023 at the age of 81. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her husband John William Gaines; and her parents, Everett Myron Fuller and Marilyn Barbara Ballou Fuller. She is survived by : her sons, Timothy Everett Gaines of Olive Branch, MS and Michael Scott Gaines (Audra) of Rossville, TN; and her grandchildren, Marshall Scott Gaines, Mallory Layne Gaines, Maggie Elizabeth Gaines, Landon Thomas Gaines and Anna Payton Gaines.

Following the COVID pandemic, Barbara began a second career with her eldest son, Tim, at Lost Pizza Company in Collierville.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you be Barbara's hands and feet this year to make Christmas special for a child in need.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Coleman Funeral Home