Mr. Edward L. Barnes, age 84 of Medon, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday morning, October 24, 2017, at his home.
Edward Lynn Barnes was born Sunday, August 13, 1933, to the late Johnny and May Ola Barnes in Hardeman County, TN. He married Jewell Barnes on April 9, 1961. Edward was a sheet metal fabricator, working for Southern States Contractors and he retired from Morgan Thornburg. He attended the
Big Springs United Methodist Church. Edward was a native of Hardeman County, although he lived in Memphis for seventeen years until 1977 when he moved back to Hardeman County.
He is survived by his wife, Jewell Barnes of Medon; a daughter, Mary Cleveland(Jim) of Silerton, TN; four sisters, Jessie Powers of Malesus, TN, Nellie Poole of Bayou La Batry, AL, Helen Dorris of Silerton, TN, and Martha Ann Sanders of Jackson, TN; three grandchildren, Kent Cleveland, Daniel Cleveland, and Tiffany Kelly; and three great-grandchildren, Geneva Alizabeth Kelly, Ava Grace Kelly, and Regan Lynn Kelly. He is preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and May Ola Barnes.