Dr. LaDonna Jean Barnett

May 23, 1962 - May 31, 2020

Dr. LaDonna Barnett(nee Buford), wife of William was born in St. Louis, Missouri. At an early age LaDonna united with the Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Earl E. Nance, Sr. who baptized her. Shortly thereafter she began teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. In 1997 she was united in holy matrimony to William Barnett and changed her membership to The St. Louis Christian Center to worship with her husband. Ladonna attended the Ritenour and Ferguson - Florissant School Districts. At a very early age she expressed her desire to be a teacher. After graduating from McCluer North High School she attended Southeast Missouri State University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Education in 1984. She returned to St. Louis after graduation and was one of the blessed ones to be able to teach at the high school from which she graduated, McCluer North High School. Dr. Barnett was a life long learner and educator. In 1990 she received a Master's Degree from The University of Missouri St. Louis with honors (on her scholarly paper) in General Counseling. She continued her education and received a Master's of Arts from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. She received K-8 and K-12 Initial Administrator Certification in 2010. On May 17, 2013 Dr. LaDonna Barnett received her Doctorate of Education in Education Administration from Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO. Dr. LaDonna Barnett was a Charter Member of The Omicron Pi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Many cherished memories are left with her loving husband, William Barnett; her mother Jeanette Romius and stepfather Dr. William Romius; her sister Alisa Maclin; her grandmother Vertrice Minor; godmother Rebecca (Joe) Pratcher; god daughter Diarra Payne; son in Christ Andrew Coppage and daughter in Christ Rhoda Graham; sister in law Doris Watts, brother in law Roy Barnett; special sisters Darnella (Roger) Petty, Renita LeCompte, and Denise Kirby; special sorority sister Sheena Payne; uncles Robert (Jacqueline) Minor, Wayman Minor, Wayne Minor, Curtis Minor and Everett (Donita) Thomas, aunts Sylvia (Alfonso) Little and Ruth Minor; nieces, nephews, cousins, co-workers in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, sorors of Delta Sigma Theta, her church families Grow To Go Christian Center and Greater Mount Carmel.