Ariel Kaye Pitts Barnes, 30, of Laurel Hill, Florida passed away, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 27, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funeral with the Rev. Ken Harper officiating. Eulogies will be give by Payton Barnes, Karissa Barnes and Carl Tomko. Ariel will be laid to rest at Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 27, 2022, at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 3:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Carl Tomko, Cole Carmichael, Travis Goff, Cameron Mathis, James Ray, Gabe Ray, Tommy Pitts ad Justin Hall will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Burliegh, Gary Bluffstone and Donnie Carmichael.
Born August 17, 1991, in Tifton, Ariel was the daughter of Jessica Pitts Jones and her husband Wilton Jones, Jr. of Laurel Hill, Florida and Lee and Carol Bennett of Tifton. She worked as an event coordinator with Juliette Linens. She was involved with Breast Cancer Awareness and the “Little Black Dress” Event. She was preceded in death by one son, Jesse Herndon.
In addition to her parents, Ariel is survived by her husband, Christopher Barnes Sr. of Ocilla; two sons, Elijah Barnes and Christopher Barnes Jr., both of Laurel Hill, Florida; two daughters, Karissa Barnes and Payton Barnes, both of Laurel Hill, Florida; two brothers, Carl Tomko and his wife Chesney of Laurel Hill, Florida and Brandon Bennett and his fiance, Cathyrn Addison of Adel; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Harlee Jones of Ocilla, Joplin Jones and Brittney and Dustin Jordan, all of Tifton; her grandmother, Carol Pitts Mathis; her great-grandparents, Mary and Lamar Pitts, Carrie Lindsey and Charlotte and Willard Dillard; her fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, Gary and Nancy Bluffstone, Gene Barnes and Marsha Hall, all of Ocilla; her godfather, Justin Hall of Tifton; and numerous nieces and nephews.