Barbara Lou Knapp LeQuire, 74, of Leonardtown, MD died May 2, 2008 in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

Born December 23, 1933 in Cooperstown, New York, she was the daughter of the late Charles Knapp and Hazel Dingman Knapp. Barbara was raised in Edson Corners, NY where she remained until she graduated college at Oneonta State Teachers College. She then moved to St. Mary's County to help begin a Christian work that started off as a "kamp for kids" on the shores of the Patuxent River and ended at S.A.Y.S.F. Bible Church. She concurrently received a position with the St. Mary's County Public Schools at what was then Margaret Brent High School, and occupied several positions within the school system over the next forty years. Barbara was a devout Christian serving at S.A.Y.S.F. Bible Church. She taught Sunday School for forty years and participated in other various church activities such as, Operation Christian Child and Missions Committee. She loved her lord, her family, her church, and community.

Barbara is survived by her daughter K LeQuire Hall of Leonardtown, MD, three grandchildren, Fredrick, Michelle, and Bethany Hall of Leonardtown, MD and sister Blanche Knapp Ringwood of Melbourne, FL. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her siblings, Albert Knapp and Vera Knapp.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the S.A.Y.S.F. Bible Church, Lexington Park, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to the S.A.Y.S.F. Bible Church, 46544 Rue Purchase Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.