Janet Irene (Polley) Bartee, 86, of Quincy, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at Portsmouth Health and Rehab in Portsmouth, Ohio.
She was born at Vanceburg on July 15, 1939, a daughter of the late Omer and Irene Stout Polley.
Janet married James Bartee on May 12, 1962. Their beautiful marriage was blessed with two children, Randall Wayne and Timothy Arthur. James preceded her in death on April 18, 2006. They were married for 44 years at the time of his passing.
Survivors include her son, Timothy Bartee, and his wife, Elyse, of Georgetown; her daughter-in-law, Lori Bartee, of Chesapeake, Virginia; one sister, Betty Wills of Vanceburg; one brother, Donald Polley, of Tollesboro; and five grandchildren, Hannah and Alex Bartee of Georgetown, Zach and Bunny Bartee of Vanceburg, Julie Bartee of Chesapeake, Virginia, and Seth Bartee of Chesapeake, Virginia. Many other family members and friends will also sadly miss her.
In addition to James and her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Randall Wayne; three sisters, Thelma Crawford, Dorothy Crawford, and Catherine McKinney; and two brothers, Gene Polley and Clarence Polley.
Honorary pallbearers will be Zach Bartee, Jack Lawhun, and Jackie Ray Lawhun.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2026, at Morton-Hunt Funeral Home in South Shore with Kevin Yeager officiating.
Burial will be in Greene Cemetery at St. Paul.
Family and friends are invited to the visitation at the funeral home beginning at noon on Monday.
Condolences may be left for the family at https://www.mortonhuntfh.com/obituary/Janet-Bartee#tributewall.
