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DATE: TUESDAY, October 26, 1993                   TAG: 9310260282
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BASSETT                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT BARNES, HELEN B.

BARNES, Helen B., 78, of Robinhood Road, Bassett, died Sunday, October 24, 1993 at Memorial Hospital, Martinsville. Born in Washington, June 25, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Nannie Dillon and William Luke Boone. She was the widow of H.E. Barnes. She was a graduate of National Business College, a volunteer with the American Red Cross, a member of Pocahontas Garden Club Auxiliary and life member of Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. She was a member of Pocahontas Bassett Baptist Church where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Dale Ashley and Rev. Doug Ramsey officiating. Interment will be in Roselawn Burial Park. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Vincent W. (Nancy Jane) Turner Jr. of Collinsville; a son, H. Edward Barnes Jr. of Pinehurst, N.C.; a sister, Irene Brown of Roanoke; three grandchildren. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Collins Funeral Chapel, Bassett. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Education Fund of Pocahontas Baptist Church (P.O. Box 507, Bassett, Va. 24055) or Bassett Rescue Squad.



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