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Willie Barnes Jr.

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Willie Barnes Jr. Veteran

Birth
Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 Oct 1961 (aged 42)
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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The following was taken from the Oct. 9, 1961 edition of THE ROBESONIAN:

Willie Barnes, Jr., 42, of 1909 Lambert Street, Lumberton, died at 5:15 a.m. Saturday in Southeastern General hospital after an illness of only a few hours.

Funeral services are being conducted at 3 p.m. today in Saddletree Church of God by Rev. Millard Maynor, Rev. K. P. Gields and Rev. C.C. Allen. Burial will be in Ten Mile Center church cemetery.

He was a veteran of World War II and operated a grocery and market on Elizabethtown road.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Eula Mae Jacobs Barnes; four sons, Jimmy, Willie Earl, Harry West and Neal Archie Barnes of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Grace Oxendine and Mrs. Dorothy Jane Spaulding of Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Darlene Barnes of the home; a brother, Melton Barnes of Lumberton; and three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Hunt of Pembroke, Mrs. Getie Goins of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Susie Neil Chavis of McColl, S.C.

***NOTE: His grave was later relocated to Lumbee Memorial Gardens.
The following was taken from the Oct. 9, 1961 edition of THE ROBESONIAN:

Willie Barnes, Jr., 42, of 1909 Lambert Street, Lumberton, died at 5:15 a.m. Saturday in Southeastern General hospital after an illness of only a few hours.

Funeral services are being conducted at 3 p.m. today in Saddletree Church of God by Rev. Millard Maynor, Rev. K. P. Gields and Rev. C.C. Allen. Burial will be in Ten Mile Center church cemetery.

He was a veteran of World War II and operated a grocery and market on Elizabethtown road.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Eula Mae Jacobs Barnes; four sons, Jimmy, Willie Earl, Harry West and Neal Archie Barnes of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Grace Oxendine and Mrs. Dorothy Jane Spaulding of Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Darlene Barnes of the home; a brother, Melton Barnes of Lumberton; and three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Hunt of Pembroke, Mrs. Getie Goins of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Susie Neil Chavis of McColl, S.C.

***NOTE: His grave was later relocated to Lumbee Memorial Gardens.


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  • Created by: melanie
  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132665639/willie-barnes: accessed ), memorial page for Willie Barnes Jr. (19 Jun 1919–7 Oct 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132665639, citing Lumbee Memorial Gardens, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by melanie (contributor 47199377).