Helen Parker Barnes
February 17, 1938 ~ December 13, 2015
Rocky Mount - Helen Parker Barnes, age 77, passed away to eternity on Sunday, December 13, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Nash County, NC on February 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the late (R.S.) Rachel S. Parker and Eula Viverette Parker. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, V. Eugene Barnes.
Helen attended West Edgecombe Baptist Church when able. She retired in 1995 after 20 years in banking. She was a member of the West Edgecombe Ruritanettes. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, cooking, reading, and traveling but most of all she enjoyed her children and grandchildren. Helen was a loving Mother and Grandmother (Mema) and will be missed greatly.
Helen leaves behind to cherish her memory, her daughter Vicki Barnes Raper and her husband, Steve Raper, of Nashville; her son, Anthony (Tony) Barnes and his wife, Sandy Carpenter Barnes, of Grimesland; her three grandchildren, Crystal Raper Shearin and her husband, Daniel Shearin, of Rocky Mount; Travis Sterling Barnes and his wife, Katie Knupp Barnes, of Tampa, FL; and Mallory Renee Barnes of Grimesland; and her brother Horace Parker and his wife, Mary Lynn Parker, of Rocky Mount.
A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 1:30 PM in the Chapel of Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home Cremation Services with Rev. Allen Mills officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville. Visitation with the family will be begin at 12:00 Noon prior to the service.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Hospice of Nash General, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or West Edgecombe Baptist Church, 13821 NC Hwy. 43 North, Rocky Mount, NC 27801.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.
Visitation
Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services
1130 N. Winstead Ave.
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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Wednesday 12/16, 12:00 pm
Service
Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services
1130 N. Winstead Ave.
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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Wednesday 12/16, 1:30 pm
Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery
350 North 1st Street, Ext.
Nashville, NC 27856
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My thoughts & prayers to all the family!! May God bless & comfort each of you in this time of sadness!! Bill Taylor
Vicki, Tony and Barnes family. I am very sad to hear of Helen’s passing. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Dearest Tony, Sandy & family, My thoughts and prayers are with you, but being a person of faith losing our loved ones is hard, but we know they are in a better place, free of pain and joined with other loved ones they have gone before them – we hang on to these thoughts doing difficult times when we are missing them- let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you, I go and prepare a place for you John 14 1-2 Denise Lamm
I was so sorry to hear about Helen. She was a beautiful person! I knew her from being from Edgecombe County myself, but also through Sally Parker Doyle. My prayer is that God will comfort you during this difficult time. Jamey Ellis DeBerry