EM1 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Thomas William Barnes, the oldest son of Calvin Thomas and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes, grew to stand 6'4 ½" tall, wearing a size 14 shoe. He had a dark complexion and wavy black hair. Thomas chose the Navy as his career choice.
He had two children by Martha Blanche Pritchard; Thomas (Tommy) Floyd and Martha Ann. Thomas and Martha were divorced in April, 1948. Their son, Tommy, resides in Florida and Martha Ann lives in Cleveland, TN.
While in the service, Thomas met and married Margaret Bodnar, and had another daughter, Deborah (Debbie) Elizabeth Barnes Hanbury.
During the time Thomas was in the Navy he was torpedoed off a ship once, and made medical history another time. He was stationed on a ship that had no surgeon on board and developed acute appendicitis and surgery was deemed a must in order to save his life. A Corpsman was chosen to do the surgery, and having no prior surgery experience, he sedated Thomas with the available whiskey on board. Relying on instructions being radioed to him from a surgeon on board another ship, he began the life saving procedure. Thomas was held down by several of his shipmates, and the Corpsman did a fantastic job, according to the Surgeon that did a follow up when the ships were united.
Thomas and Margaret, his second wife, opted for divorce and when Thomas came home to visit Mama for a while. he and Martha re-married on 11/12/1965. They moved to the Panama Canal Zone due to Thomas' civil service job on the locks. When he left this position they returned to the states, living in Gautier, MS for some time and then moved to Brandenton, FL to live in retirement. Due to ill health, and not able to drive, Thomas and Martha returned to Memphis. He got his medical treatment from the Memphis Veterans Hospital where he was being treated for Massive Fluid Retention. One day after his 80th birthday, he died from a huge infection on the main artery to his heart.
Martha was also in bad health and eventually moved to Cleveland, TN to live with Martha Ann and her husband, Jim Nichols. Martha died July 7, 2005.
Graveside services will be at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal, a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of Joppa Temple Shriners in Gulfport, MS.
Other than his wife, Martha, he also left his two daughters, Martha Anne Nichols of Cleveland, Tenn., and Deborah Hansbury of Virginia; a son, Thomas Floyd Barnes of Florida; two sisters, Billie Jean Foran of Eagle Point, Ore., and Florene Olivi of Southaven, MS, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin Thomas Barnes and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes; two sisters: Virginia Ann Barnes and Mable Ruth Ellis; three brothers; Robert Earl Barnes, John Butler Barnes and Harold Leon Barnes. There were also two siblings who died at birth.
The above was written by his sister, Mattie Florene Olivi, whom he loved and appreciated so much for helping him and Martha when their health was failing. He once told her she was more like a daughter than a sister and he was very appreciative of all she did for them.
Thomas William Barnes, the oldest son of Calvin Thomas and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes, grew to stand 6'4 ½" tall, wearing a size 14 shoe. He had a dark complexion and wavy black hair. Thomas chose the Navy as his career choice.
He had two children by Martha Blanche Pritchard; Thomas (Tommy) Floyd and Martha Ann. Thomas and Martha were divorced in April, 1948. Their son, Tommy, resides in Florida and Martha Ann lives in Cleveland, TN.
While in the service, Thomas met and married Margaret Bodnar, and had another daughter, Deborah (Debbie) Elizabeth Barnes Hanbury.
During the time Thomas was in the Navy he was torpedoed off a ship once, and made medical history another time. He was stationed on a ship that had no surgeon on board and developed acute appendicitis and surgery was deemed a must in order to save his life. A Corpsman was chosen to do the surgery, and having no prior surgery experience, he sedated Thomas with the available whiskey on board. Relying on instructions being radioed to him from a surgeon on board another ship, he began the life saving procedure. Thomas was held down by several of his shipmates, and the Corpsman did a fantastic job, according to the Surgeon that did a follow up when the ships were united.
Thomas and Margaret, his second wife, opted for divorce and when Thomas came home to visit Mama for a while. he and Martha re-married on 11/12/1965. They moved to the Panama Canal Zone due to Thomas' civil service job on the locks. When he left this position they returned to the states, living in Gautier, MS for some time and then moved to Brandenton, FL to live in retirement. Due to ill health, and not able to drive, Thomas and Martha returned to Memphis. He got his medical treatment from the Memphis Veterans Hospital where he was being treated for Massive Fluid Retention. One day after his 80th birthday, he died from a huge infection on the main artery to his heart.
Martha was also in bad health and eventually moved to Cleveland, TN to live with Martha Ann and her husband, Jim Nichols. Martha died July 7, 2005.
Graveside services will be at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal, a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of Joppa Temple Shriners in Gulfport, MS.
Other than his wife, Martha, he also left his two daughters, Martha Anne Nichols of Cleveland, Tenn., and Deborah Hansbury of Virginia; a son, Thomas Floyd Barnes of Florida; two sisters, Billie Jean Foran of Eagle Point, Ore., and Florene Olivi of Southaven, MS, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin Thomas Barnes and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes; two sisters: Virginia Ann Barnes and Mable Ruth Ellis; three brothers; Robert Earl Barnes, John Butler Barnes and Harold Leon Barnes. There were also two siblings who died at birth.
The above was written by his sister, Mattie Florene Olivi, whom he loved and appreciated so much for helping him and Martha when their health was failing. He once told her she was more like a daughter than a sister and he was very appreciative of all she did for them.
EM1 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Thomas William Barnes, the oldest son of Calvin Thomas and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes, grew to stand 6'4 ½" tall, wearing a size 14 shoe. He had a dark complexion and wavy black hair. Thomas chose the Navy as his career choice.
He had two children by Martha Blanche Pritchard; Thomas (Tommy) Floyd and Martha Ann. Thomas and Martha were divorced in April, 1948. Their son, Tommy, resides in Florida and Martha Ann lives in Cleveland, TN.
While in the service, Thomas met and married Margaret Bodnar, and had another daughter, Deborah (Debbie) Elizabeth Barnes Hanbury.
During the time Thomas was in the Navy he was torpedoed off a ship once, and made medical history another time. He was stationed on a ship that had no surgeon on board and developed acute appendicitis and surgery was deemed a must in order to save his life. A Corpsman was chosen to do the surgery, and having no prior surgery experience, he sedated Thomas with the available whiskey on board. Relying on instructions being radioed to him from a surgeon on board another ship, he began the life saving procedure. Thomas was held down by several of his shipmates, and the Corpsman did a fantastic job, according to the Surgeon that did a follow up when the ships were united.
Thomas and Margaret, his second wife, opted for divorce and when Thomas came home to visit Mama for a while. he and Martha re-married on 11/12/1965. They moved to the Panama Canal Zone due to Thomas' civil service job on the locks. When he left this position they returned to the states, living in Gautier, MS for some time and then moved to Brandenton, FL to live in retirement. Due to ill health, and not able to drive, Thomas and Martha returned to Memphis. He got his medical treatment from the Memphis Veterans Hospital where he was being treated for Massive Fluid Retention. One day after his 80th birthday, he died from a huge infection on the main artery to his heart.
Martha was also in bad health and eventually moved to Cleveland, TN to live with Martha Ann and her husband, Jim Nichols. Martha died July 7, 2005.
Graveside services will be at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal, a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of Joppa Temple Shriners in Gulfport, MS.
Other than his wife, Martha, he also left his two daughters, Martha Anne Nichols of Cleveland, Tenn., and Deborah Hansbury of Virginia; a son, Thomas Floyd Barnes of Florida; two sisters, Billie Jean Foran of Eagle Point, Ore., and Florene Olivi of Southaven, MS, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin Thomas Barnes and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes; two sisters: Virginia Ann Barnes and Mable Ruth Ellis; three brothers; Robert Earl Barnes, John Butler Barnes and Harold Leon Barnes. There were also two siblings who died at birth.
The above was written by his sister, Mattie Florene Olivi, whom he loved and appreciated so much for helping him and Martha when their health was failing. He once told her she was more like a daughter than a sister and he was very appreciative of all she did for them.
Thomas William Barnes, the oldest son of Calvin Thomas and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes, grew to stand 6'4 ½" tall, wearing a size 14 shoe. He had a dark complexion and wavy black hair. Thomas chose the Navy as his career choice.
He had two children by Martha Blanche Pritchard; Thomas (Tommy) Floyd and Martha Ann. Thomas and Martha were divorced in April, 1948. Their son, Tommy, resides in Florida and Martha Ann lives in Cleveland, TN.
While in the service, Thomas met and married Margaret Bodnar, and had another daughter, Deborah (Debbie) Elizabeth Barnes Hanbury.
During the time Thomas was in the Navy he was torpedoed off a ship once, and made medical history another time. He was stationed on a ship that had no surgeon on board and developed acute appendicitis and surgery was deemed a must in order to save his life. A Corpsman was chosen to do the surgery, and having no prior surgery experience, he sedated Thomas with the available whiskey on board. Relying on instructions being radioed to him from a surgeon on board another ship, he began the life saving procedure. Thomas was held down by several of his shipmates, and the Corpsman did a fantastic job, according to the Surgeon that did a follow up when the ships were united.
Thomas and Margaret, his second wife, opted for divorce and when Thomas came home to visit Mama for a while. he and Martha re-married on 11/12/1965. They moved to the Panama Canal Zone due to Thomas' civil service job on the locks. When he left this position they returned to the states, living in Gautier, MS for some time and then moved to Brandenton, FL to live in retirement. Due to ill health, and not able to drive, Thomas and Martha returned to Memphis. He got his medical treatment from the Memphis Veterans Hospital where he was being treated for Massive Fluid Retention. One day after his 80th birthday, he died from a huge infection on the main artery to his heart.
Martha was also in bad health and eventually moved to Cleveland, TN to live with Martha Ann and her husband, Jim Nichols. Martha died July 7, 2005.
Graveside services will be at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal, a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of Joppa Temple Shriners in Gulfport, MS.
Other than his wife, Martha, he also left his two daughters, Martha Anne Nichols of Cleveland, Tenn., and Deborah Hansbury of Virginia; a son, Thomas Floyd Barnes of Florida; two sisters, Billie Jean Foran of Eagle Point, Ore., and Florene Olivi of Southaven, MS, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin Thomas Barnes and Eva Florence Dunbar Barnes; two sisters: Virginia Ann Barnes and Mable Ruth Ellis; three brothers; Robert Earl Barnes, John Butler Barnes and Harold Leon Barnes. There were also two siblings who died at birth.
The above was written by his sister, Mattie Florene Olivi, whom he loved and appreciated so much for helping him and Martha when their health was failing. He once told her she was more like a daughter than a sister and he was very appreciative of all she did for them.
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