LaCenter, KY, Barnell McCauley, age 98, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2021 at Life Care Center in LaCenter, KY.

She was a member of Little Union Missionary Baptist Church in Bandana where she served as president of the choir and also sang in the choir. Barnell was a Sunday School teacher for many years and was known as the Mother of the Church.

Barnell is survived by a son in law, Nathaniel Heady of LaCenter, KY and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Maurise McCauley, a daughter Mary Nell Heady, one sister, four brothers and her parents, Major and Elizabeth Helm Lewis.

Graveside Services will be Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, KY with the Rev. James Vinson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.