Mrs. Melinda Margaret Barnes, 101, died at 9:14 p.m. Tuesday at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Born at Tupelo, Miss. two months after the Emancipation Proclamation, Mrs. Barnes worked on a cotton plantation during Reconstruction following the Civil War. She lived here the last 16 years.
Mrs. Barnes reared 10 children. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Inez Rodgers, and a son, DeGentry Barnes, both of Dayton, and seven grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Rites Saturday For Centenarian"
Services for Mrs. Melinda M. Barnes, 101, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Allen AME church. Burial will be in West Memory Gardens cemetery. Friends may call at the McLin Funeral home, 1130 Germantown St., after 4 p.m. tomorrow, and at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until services. Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday night at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Born at Tupelo, Miss. two months after the Emancipation Proclamation, Mrs. Barnes worked on a cotton plantation during Reconstruction following the Civil War. She lived here the last 16 years.
Mrs. Barnes reared 10 children. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Inez Rodgers, and a son, DeGentry Barnes, both of Dayton, and seven grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Rites Saturday For Centenarian"
Services for Mrs. Melinda M. Barnes, 101, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Allen AME church. Burial will be in West Memory Gardens cemetery. Friends may call at the McLin Funeral home, 1130 Germantown St., after 4 p.m. tomorrow, and at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until services. Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday night at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Mrs. Melinda Margaret Barnes, 101, died at 9:14 p.m. Tuesday at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Born at Tupelo, Miss. two months after the Emancipation Proclamation, Mrs. Barnes worked on a cotton plantation during Reconstruction following the Civil War. She lived here the last 16 years.
Mrs. Barnes reared 10 children. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Inez Rodgers, and a son, DeGentry Barnes, both of Dayton, and seven grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Rites Saturday For Centenarian"
Services for Mrs. Melinda M. Barnes, 101, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Allen AME church. Burial will be in West Memory Gardens cemetery. Friends may call at the McLin Funeral home, 1130 Germantown St., after 4 p.m. tomorrow, and at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until services. Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday night at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Born at Tupelo, Miss. two months after the Emancipation Proclamation, Mrs. Barnes worked on a cotton plantation during Reconstruction following the Civil War. She lived here the last 16 years.
Mrs. Barnes reared 10 children. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Inez Rodgers, and a son, DeGentry Barnes, both of Dayton, and seven grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Rites Saturday For Centenarian"
Services for Mrs. Melinda M. Barnes, 101, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Allen AME church. Burial will be in West Memory Gardens cemetery. Friends may call at the McLin Funeral home, 1130 Germantown St., after 4 p.m. tomorrow, and at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until services. Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday night at the residence, 108 Garst St.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
