Willie Dee Barnes, age 92 of Nashville, Tennessee, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Lakeshore Meadows in Nashville.
Funeral services will be conducted at McFerrin Missionary Baptist Church in Madison at 2:00PM on Thursday, June 23rd, with Bro. Johnny Carver and her brother-in-law, Judson Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in Anderson & Son Memorial Park in Lafayette with family and friends serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the church on Thursday from 12:00PM until the hour of service at 2:00PM.
Mrs. Barnes was born on October 10, 1929 in Lafayette, Tennessee to the late Loid & Gracie Adamson Andrews. She was a retired Metro school bus driver with over 30 years of service and was later a hairdresser. She loved dancing and bowling. She loved her family, most especially her grandchildren. Mrs. Barnes was a member of McFerrin Missionary Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Bunar Ellis; second husband, Forrest Barnes; brother, Billy Andrews; and sisters, Bobbie Andrews, Susie Trotter, and Betty Ellis.
Survivors include her sons, Merle Ellis and Barry (Robin) Ellis; daughter, Debbie Gilstrap; sisters, Brownie Morgan (Judson) and Nancy Brown; grandchildren, Nikki (Michael) Foust and Shawna Morrow; and great-grandchildren, Skyler Foust, Haylie Foust, Waylon Morrow, and Liam Morrow.
If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-9959.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com
