Barbara Robertson Soyars

Barbara Robertson Soyars, 87, of Reidsville, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April, 23, 2026.

A funeral service will be held at Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, Friday May 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM. With Pastor Darren Hudson officiating. A visitation will be held an hour prior at 1:00PM at the church. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Barbara graduated from Reidsville High School in 1956, after high school, she attended Morse-Dobbs College where she received her Secretarial Diploma. She then worked for Fieldcrest-Cannon Inc. for 25 years, she went on to finish her career at Wayclift Corporation in Greensboro, NC.

She was a long-time member of Mt. Hermon Baptist church where she previously served as the choir director, assistant choir director, and taught Sunday school. She was an avid painter, attending art classes at Rockingham Community College. She received several awards for her paintings at the Rockingham County Fine Arts Festival.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years Curtis Lee Soyars; parents, Benjamin F Robertson and Helen Gibson Robertson.

Barbara is survived by her loving daughter Lee Ann Soyars South (Tony); sister, Nancy R Massey of Leasburg, Nc; niece, Sherry M Pyrant (Andy) of Leasburg, Nc; nephew Gary Massey (Wendy) of Durham, Nc; great-nephew, Caleb Massey, along with special care taker Martha Daniel.