YSU students participating in the Opening Minds through Art program were Julia Carson, Paige Deems, Zoe Guzman, Kylan Harper, Autumn Hawkins, Taylor Perry, Miah Pierce and Morgan Tatsch. Take eight motivated college students, pair them with older adults living with dementia, and it all adds up to beautiful, colorful art – and lasting relationships.
Jan 12, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN Barbara Jean McRae Smith, daughter of the late Mildred McRae Watson and Anthony Hall, and raised by her mother and stepfather, John Watson, was born March 25, 1939, in Youngstown. She transitioned from this life to her heavenly home on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, from complications of COVID-19.
Barbara attended North High School, and later she received her cosmetology license.
She had been employed as a hair stylist at BJ’s Hair Salon before becoming an independent stylist with her own salon, Nicolette Beauty Salon. She also had a cleaning business that catered to cleaning senior citizens’ homes. She later bought a house big enough to provide elderly care in her home.