Barbara Ann Quinn Sullivan

Barbara Ann Quinn Sullivan passed away on June 3, 2021. She was born in Nashville on March 11,1933 to the late Frank Joseph and Mary D Quinn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Byrns Sullivan Jr. She was a graduate of St Bernard Academy and attended Ward Belmont College.

She and her husband were Founding Members of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. She was a past President of the Holy Rosary Ladies Guild and served as Chairman of the Bereavement Committee for 30 years. She was a past Secretary of the Nashville Deanery of Catholic Women and a long standing member of the Ladies of Charity.

She is survived by her six children, Joanne Sullivan, Frank Quinn Sullivan, Elaine Sullivan Walker (Mike), Joseph Byrns Sullivan III (Linda), Cathy Sullivan Compton (Mark) and Susan Sullivan Williams. She is also survived by her sister in law, Marie Sullivan, her sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

A Funeral Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at eleven o'clock in the morning on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Nashville. Reverend Daniel J Steiner will serve as celebrant. Reverend Ed Steiner, Reverend Steve Klasek, Reverend Joe McMahon and Reverend Juan Carlos Garcia will serve as concelebrants. Internment immediately following at Calvary Cemetery, Nashville.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Joe Brown, Joe Griffith, Tim Lavender, Tom McRedmond, Frank Nolan, Jim Wilson, Ernest Aud, Dr. James Ferguson, Eric Graves and Jack Crouch.

A gathering of family and friends will be on Saturday, June 12th from nine-thirty until eleven in the morning with the Rosary Vigil being conducted at ten-thirty in the morning at Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorials be made to Holy Rosary Catholic Church,192 Graylynn Dr, Nashville, TN, 37214, or Sisters of Mercy Convent, 2629 Pennington Bend Rd, Nashville, TN, 37214, or Ladies of Charity, 2216 State St, Nashville, Tn 37203.

Special thanks to Jane Harrison and the team at Alive Hospice.