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Barbara Nell Jenerette Torres, 87, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed peacefully on January 18, 2025, surrounded by her family. Barbara was born on July 30, 1937, to Isaac McNeil (Mack) Jenerette and Edna Johnson Jenerette in Galivants Ferry, SC. After graduating from Conway High School, she received a scholarship that allowed her to be a member of the first class of what would become Coastal Carolina University. She completed her Bachelor's in History at Winthrop University. She was teaching in Aiken, SC, when she met her future husband, Thomas Torres, who was serving in the US Air Force. They were later married in Jacksonville, Florida, where she discovered her true calling as a Guidance Counselor. While working full-time, she earned her Master's in Education from the University of Florida. For over 30 years, she was a guidance counselor at Duncan U Fletcher High School where she touched the lives of thousands of students. She was devoted to her friends from both work and her church, St Paul's United Methodist Church. Barbara was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and emphasized the teachings of James as part of her daily practice. She especially enjoyed reading, teaching Sunday School, traveling, quilting, making crafts, and trying great local food. American History continued to be a passion, including her own family's history in the Horry County South Carolina area. She was particularly proud to have become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Even though her immediate family lived states away from her extended family, she felt it was vital to stay in touch and took great pains to visit often. This was one of the greatest values that she instilled into her daughters. Barbara was preceded in death by her mother and father and her niece Kim Chestnut. Her beloved sister, Patricia Chestnut, joined Barbara in eternity hours later the same day as her. She is survived by her husband Thomas Torres, her daughters Regina Torres and Rebecca Torres Hawk and her husband Judd, her brother Isaac Jenerette and his wife Sylvia, her nephew Keith Chestnut and his wife Kandis, her nephew Kent Chestnut, her niece Lisa Jenerette and her grandnephew Colton Churchwell. Celebrations of Barbara's life will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Rehoboth Community Church, 2775 Barnhill Road, Galivants Ferry, SC 29544. In lieu of flowers, her family would like you to consider making a donation to St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Please sign an online guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Barbara Jenerette Torres

July 30, 1937 - January 18, 2025