The Meade County Messenger

BILLY ELTON BARNES

Billy Elton Barnes, 78, Brandenburg, died Aug. 30, 2010, at Hardin Memorial Hospital.

He was a native of Jefferson County, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, was a member of Bethesda Ministries and an interior decorator.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edna Mae Sadler and Marion Russell Barnes Sr.; two brothers, Marion Russell Barnes Jr. and Donnie Barnes; a sister, Lillie Mae Love; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild.

Mr. Barnes is survived by his wife, Helen Blan Barnes; three sons, Marion (Cheryl) Barnes, Brandenburg, Jerry (Donna) Barnes, Hardinsburg, and Victor (Faye) Barnes, Cox’s Creek; a daughter, Vivian (Richard) Ledford, Mount Washington; four brothers, Bobby (Vadis) Barnes, Louisville, Charles Barnes and the Rev. Thomas (Louise) Barnes, all of Elizabethtown, and Ronnie Barnes, Hodgenville; two sisters, Wanda (Leroy) Judd and Wilma (Danny) Smith, all of Portland, Ore.; nine grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sept. 2, from the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Payne officiating. Burial was in Smith Chapel Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online at www.brownfuneral.com.

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