everybody who have been supporting me all these six years." Barfield chose as her last meal Cheez Doodles and Coca-Cola. Barfield was buried in a small, rural North Carolina cemetery near her first husband, Thomas Burke. Barfield's execution raised some political controversies when Governor Jim Hunt, who was challenging incumbent Jesse Helms for his U.S. Senate seat, rejected Barfield's request for clemency. See also Blanche Taylor Moore – a similar murderer who was also from North Carolina General: List of people executed in North Carolina List of serial killers in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976 References Further reading Barfield, Velma. Woman on Death Row. Thomas Nelson Inc. (May 1985). . Bledsoe, Jerry. Death Sentence: The True Story of Velma Barfield's Life, Crimes, and Execution. Dutton Adult (October 1, 1998). . External links Noe, Denise. All about Velma Barfield. Crime Library. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. 1932 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American criminals 20th-century executions by North Carolina 20th-century executions of American people Christians from North Carolina Criminals from North Carolina Criminals from South Carolina Executed American female serial killers Executed people from North Carolina Executed people from South Carolina Mariticides Matricides People convicted of murder by North Carolina People executed by North Carolina by lethal injection People from Fayetteville, North Carolina Organ transplant donors Poisoners