Barbara Ann Hancox
, Pennsylvania
October 10, 2026
Barbara Ann Hancox, age 77, of Kennerdell, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at the Oil City Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Oil City.Born on January 20, 1949, in Franklin, she was the beloved daughter to the late Gerald “Jed” and Ruth Ann Baughman.Barb graduated from Franklin High School in 1966; she was 4th in her class, out of 250 graduates. She was part of a quartet that sang in the Broadcast all four years of high school and she was named prom and homecoming queen her senior year.In 1970, Barb graduated from Thiel College, and she went on to get her master’s degree in science from Edinboro College. She taught at Greenville Middle School from 1971-1978. Upon moving to Franklin, she then worked for the Oil City Area School District from 1978 until 2007. While at Oil City, she coached track & field and was also a…