LOUISBURG - Barbara Ann Ready, 48, died Monday, July 30, 2007 at her home.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, at Ransdell Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

She was born in Wake County, daughter of Shirley Gray Pender Horton and Wesley Herman Allen.

Surviving: her mother, Shirley Horton of Louisburg; father, Wesley Allen of Louisburg; brother, Henry Cole Allen of Louisburg; half brother, Donnie Ray Williams of Wilson.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Jimmy Allen.

Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Barbara Ann Ready, c/o Bright Funeral Home, P. O. Box 646, Wake Forest, NC 27588.

Friends may visit with the family from 7-8:30 tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 1) at Bright Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 405 S. Main St., Wake Forest.