Atlanta, Georgia
Barbara Helen Battle
1934 — 2022
Dr. Barbara Helen Battle died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Monday, May 2, 2022, after suffering from a heart attack. She was 87 years old. Barbara was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 23, 1934. She moved to Miami, Florida, when she was 8 years old and graduated from Miami Senior High School. She attended Agnes Scott College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Building on a developing interest in theater and dramatic arts, Barbara then earned a Master of Arts degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and accepted a position as Professor of English and Director of Dramatics at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....