Hallie Mae Wade Bussey Barnes was born to the union of Jimmie Lou and Will Wade in Henry County, Kentucky on July 10, 1901. She departed this life on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 111 years old. Hallie was the oldest living person in Kentucky and the second oldest African American in the United States of America. She professed Christ at an early age in Shelbyville, Kentucky and joined Hill Street Baptist Church after she moved to Louisville. Hallie was a faithful member in attending Sunday School an other church activities. Hallie married Marvin Bussey, a Simpsonville native and to this union, James Theodore Bussey and George Shelbourne Bussey were born. Later she married her second husband, George Barnes. She was preceded in death by her parents Jimmie Lou and Will Wade, son James T. Bussey, her husbands Marvin Bussey and George Barnes. Affectionately known as "Pie" by her family, she grew up in Shelbyville where she attended school. As an only child Hallie Mae loved her first cousins as though they were siblings. Cousin Hallie Mae was "kin struck." Cousins who no longer lived in Kentucky received letters from her monthly to update them on the family news. Genealogy was important to "Cousin Hallie Mae" and she felt that everyone needed to know whom they were related . She loved spinning stories about her family and her years growing up in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Upon relocating to Louisville, she held various jobs as a nanny and was a former employee in the school lunch room for the Louisville Board of Education. During World War II, she worked at the Army Depot Quartermaster in Indiana where parachutes were fabricated. Hallie was an avid gardener who spent countless hours cultivating her flowers with varieties of roses, poppies and grape arbor. Fresh strawberries and peaches from the garden were staples for summer breakfast. She loved sewing to make her summer or winter drapes and dresses before watching her favorite show "Jeopardy." In the summer, she watched her favorite sport "baseball" and spent many leisure hours making unique and beautiful quilts. She was a champion of education and made sure that her granddaughters knew how to read, write and spell their names, addresses and telephone numbers before starting kindergarten. Hallie had lived through segregation, the movement for the female vote, the civil rights movement and the election of an African American President of the United States of America. Her last trip was December 6, 2013 to see the beautiful Christmas decorations in the White House.. Hallie is survived by her devoted son, George S. Bussey, two granddaughters, Connie Bussey Cosby and Dr. Jill Bussey-Harris (Dr. Monroe), and great-grandchildren, Laken Cosby III, Natalie and Matthew Cosby, Monroe III and Madison Harris, her dedicated caregiver, Clara Price and a host of cousins and friends.