Emily W. Barnes, 93, of West Melbourne, Florida, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay, Florida.
Graveside services will be held 4 PM, Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Rick Morris officiating. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Barnes was born February 5, 1920 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to the late William Roy & Inez Dorminy Watkins. She attended school in Fitzgerald. She was a retired clerk for Florida Power and Light and was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. She lived the past six years in West Melbourne with her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter: Veronica Ryckman of West Melbourne, Florida; four grandchildren: David Allen Howard, Susan Lorraine Howard, James G. Barnes and Ronda Lyn Lavender; nine great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law: Julian & Evelyn Watkins of Columbus. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: James D. Barnes; two sons: James D. Barnes, Jr. and Garrison D. Barnes; two brothers and one sister.