Barbara met her savior, Jesus Christ, face to face on January 19,2012. Barbara Jean Tyler-Riel, born on April 2,1950, in Maryville, Tenn., loved her savior first of all.

She will be missed by her parents, William Earnest Tyler and Carolyn Marie Tyler; sister, Jane VanDonkelaar; her brothers, Larry (Carol) and Danny (Terry) Tyler; and her children, Jeffery Riel, Brian Riel, April (Bill) Daugherty, Jennifer Vaughan.A graduate from Paden City High School, Barbara was active in the band. She was passionate about reading her Bible. She enjoyed writing, gardening, fishing, and playing with her grandchildren Brittany, Jamie, Ashleigh, Thomas Riel; David Riel; Robyn, Eric Daugherty; and Rayna Vaughan. Years later she continued her education at Webster College in Ocala, Fla., with a major in Medical Management. Several promotions later she achieved the position of Director of Risk Management at the "Centers" (a mental health facility). Ex-husband Wayne Riel had served in Vietnam.Barbara was preceded in death by her grandparents, General Sherman and Winnie Florance Tyler, Reverend Robert Raymond Stokes, Sally Nina Stokes, and Kelly Maude Stokes.She was an active member of Marion Oaks Assembly of God in Ocala, Fla.

A passage scripture that was special to her, Isaiah 30:20-21, "Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more, with your own eyes you will see them. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way, walk in it.'"

Services for Barbara will be held Saturday at Jarvis-Williams Funeral Homes, 1224 S Bridge St., New Martinsville. They will receive family and friends from noon to 1 p.m. with services following 1 p.m. with Pastor David Snyder officiating. Burial at North View Cemetery, New Martinsville.