AVA - Mary Barbara McWherter, 72, of Ava, passed away at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday, February 9, 2014. Mary Barbara was born in Union City, Tennessee on February 2, 1942, the daughter of Henry Porter and Hautie Barbara Adair Johnson. She married Rev. Wilson Evon McWherter on February 3, 1957 in Corinth, Mississippi. She was a Pastor at the Ava Assembly of God Church in Ava, Illinois. She was also a member of the Ava Assembly of God Church. Mary Barbara is survived by her husband, Rev. Wilson Evon McWherter of Ava; her children, Michael E. (Shelley) McWherter of Union City, TN, Kathy A. Klatt of Benton, KY, Linda S. Edwards of Demotte, IN, and Douglas Lynn (Tammy) McWherter of Benton, KY; 10 grandchildren, Christopher, Ricky, Anthony, Seth, Jonathan and Katherine McWherter, Timothy and Janessa Klatt, Rebekah Thornton, and Sean Chandler; 7 great grandchildren, Bodie Michael, Tessa, Griffin, Rylan, Jayden, Kadance and Idgie. Mary Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Jerry Lynn; one great grandson, James C. McWherter; two sisters; and one brother. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 11:00 am, at the Wilson's Funeral Home in Ava, with Rev. Lynn McWherter officiating. Burial will be in Jolley Springs Cemetery in Dresden, Tennessee at 4:00 pm. Visitation will be at Wilson's Funeral Home, Ava, where friends may call from 5 pm to 8 pm Tuesday, and on Wednesday from 7:30 am until 11:00 am. Memorials may be given to the Ava Assembly of God Church.