Barnes Lewis, 94, of West, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Granbury. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel in West, with the Rev. Terry McElrath officiating. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday at Waco Memorial Park. The family will receive visitors 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Barns was born in Hill County, Texas, near Hubbard, to the late Henry T. and Una (Washer) Lewis. He attended school in Munger. On Sept. 26, 1936, he was united in marriage to Myrtle Ryno in Coolidge. Barnes worked as an aircraft mechanic at James Connally Air Force Base for 23 years before retiring in 1965. He also worked for Mosley Machinery and General Dynamics in Waco, was a heavy machinery operator for H.B. Zachry, and drove a school bus for the West Independent School District. He was a longtime and faithful member of the Tokio Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was formerly a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Barnes enjoyed fishing and camping. He was a former Boy Scout Leader and served on the Connally Independent School Board.
Barnes was preceded in death by his wife on July 2, 2001; sons, Barnes D. Lewis and Jimmy D. Lewis; a daughter, Linda Montgomery; brothers, Travis Lewis, Roy Lewis, Delbert Lewis, H. T. Lewis Jr. and Paul Lewis; and a sister, Inez Wilkerson.
Survivors include sons, Joe D. Lewis and wife, Carol and Michael Lewis and wife, Margaret, all of Granbury, James L. Lewis and wife, Patricia, of Smithfield, N.C., and John D. Lewis of Grand Lake, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; daughter, Myrna Nix and husband, Franc Amaya, of Elgin; sister, Mary Evelyn Nelson; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/9/2011...Q7
Barns was born in Hill County, Texas, near Hubbard, to the late Henry T. and Una (Washer) Lewis. He attended school in Munger. On Sept. 26, 1936, he was united in marriage to Myrtle Ryno in Coolidge. Barnes worked as an aircraft mechanic at James Connally Air Force Base for 23 years before retiring in 1965. He also worked for Mosley Machinery and General Dynamics in Waco, was a heavy machinery operator for H.B. Zachry, and drove a school bus for the West Independent School District. He was a longtime and faithful member of the Tokio Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was formerly a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Barnes enjoyed fishing and camping. He was a former Boy Scout Leader and served on the Connally Independent School Board.
Barnes was preceded in death by his wife on July 2, 2001; sons, Barnes D. Lewis and Jimmy D. Lewis; a daughter, Linda Montgomery; brothers, Travis Lewis, Roy Lewis, Delbert Lewis, H. T. Lewis Jr. and Paul Lewis; and a sister, Inez Wilkerson.
Survivors include sons, Joe D. Lewis and wife, Carol and Michael Lewis and wife, Margaret, all of Granbury, James L. Lewis and wife, Patricia, of Smithfield, N.C., and John D. Lewis of Grand Lake, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; daughter, Myrna Nix and husband, Franc Amaya, of Elgin; sister, Mary Evelyn Nelson; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/9/2011...Q7
Barnes Lewis, 94, of West, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Granbury. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel in West, with the Rev. Terry McElrath officiating. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday at Waco Memorial Park. The family will receive visitors 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Barns was born in Hill County, Texas, near Hubbard, to the late Henry T. and Una (Washer) Lewis. He attended school in Munger. On Sept. 26, 1936, he was united in marriage to Myrtle Ryno in Coolidge. Barnes worked as an aircraft mechanic at James Connally Air Force Base for 23 years before retiring in 1965. He also worked for Mosley Machinery and General Dynamics in Waco, was a heavy machinery operator for H.B. Zachry, and drove a school bus for the West Independent School District. He was a longtime and faithful member of the Tokio Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was formerly a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Barnes enjoyed fishing and camping. He was a former Boy Scout Leader and served on the Connally Independent School Board.
Barnes was preceded in death by his wife on July 2, 2001; sons, Barnes D. Lewis and Jimmy D. Lewis; a daughter, Linda Montgomery; brothers, Travis Lewis, Roy Lewis, Delbert Lewis, H. T. Lewis Jr. and Paul Lewis; and a sister, Inez Wilkerson.
Survivors include sons, Joe D. Lewis and wife, Carol and Michael Lewis and wife, Margaret, all of Granbury, James L. Lewis and wife, Patricia, of Smithfield, N.C., and John D. Lewis of Grand Lake, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; daughter, Myrna Nix and husband, Franc Amaya, of Elgin; sister, Mary Evelyn Nelson; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/9/2011...Q7
Barns was born in Hill County, Texas, near Hubbard, to the late Henry T. and Una (Washer) Lewis. He attended school in Munger. On Sept. 26, 1936, he was united in marriage to Myrtle Ryno in Coolidge. Barnes worked as an aircraft mechanic at James Connally Air Force Base for 23 years before retiring in 1965. He also worked for Mosley Machinery and General Dynamics in Waco, was a heavy machinery operator for H.B. Zachry, and drove a school bus for the West Independent School District. He was a longtime and faithful member of the Tokio Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was formerly a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Barnes enjoyed fishing and camping. He was a former Boy Scout Leader and served on the Connally Independent School Board.
Barnes was preceded in death by his wife on July 2, 2001; sons, Barnes D. Lewis and Jimmy D. Lewis; a daughter, Linda Montgomery; brothers, Travis Lewis, Roy Lewis, Delbert Lewis, H. T. Lewis Jr. and Paul Lewis; and a sister, Inez Wilkerson.
Survivors include sons, Joe D. Lewis and wife, Carol and Michael Lewis and wife, Margaret, all of Granbury, James L. Lewis and wife, Patricia, of Smithfield, N.C., and John D. Lewis of Grand Lake, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; daughter, Myrna Nix and husband, Franc Amaya, of Elgin; sister, Mary Evelyn Nelson; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/9/2011...Q7
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