Barbara Eloise Wheeler was born on August 25, 1929 in Conneaut, Ohio to the late Charles and Edna Yarnell. She grew up on a family farm with her sisters Jean and Marjorie.
She graduated Andrews School for Girls and received multiple administrative certificates from Northern Virginia Community College. She worked as a head secretary at Alexandria Hospital where she retired in 1993. She was a devoted Baptist and attended Manassas Baptist Church for many years. She enjoyed reading, writing, exercising, spending time with her family, and truly loved all animals.
