Barnes

Lillie Barnes passed away May 21, in Daingerfield, Texas at the age of 91. She was born July 9, 1923 in Avinger, Texas to Lou Ella Wimberly Barnes and Toonie Slaughter Barnes. She was the youngest of their twelve children.

As a young child, Lillie, along with her brothers and sisters, was taught the Bible by a kind Christian woman, Mrs. Stuckey, who took it upon herself to drive to the Barnes’ home in the country each Sunday to teach these children about Jesus. Lillie was a Baptist and accepted Jesus as her Savior one day on the farm, as she vividly recounted.

Until the early 1980’s Lillie enjoyed living life on the farm where she was born and raised. She later sold the old home place and bought a home in Daingerfield where she could live closer to her sister, Nellie. Here she grew some of the most beautiful flowers to be found in her neighborhood. She enjoyed gardening and had a green thumb to be envied.

Ms. Barnes had no children but is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and eleven siblings.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24, at Reeder- Davis Chapel with Reverend Scott Darby officiating. Burial followed at Hickory Hill Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs.