TITLE:  Witsell Barnes

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 8, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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  BARNES, Witsell
Mr. Witsell M. Barnes, 89, of 926 Cherokee Drive, Smoaks, S.C., died 
Saturday at a Bamberg nursing center. Funeral services will be held at 
5 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, at Smoaks Baptist Church, directed by the 
Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home of Walterboro. Burial will be 
in the church cemetery with full Masonic Rites. Mr. Barnes was born in 
Colleton County and was the son of Newton and Lessie Matthews Barnes. 
He was a member of Smoaks Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon 
and choir member, and a member of Smoaks Masonic Lodge #231. He was a 
retired farmer, a retired carpenter, and a retired employee of 
Youngswear in Smoaks. He was the husband of the late Pauline Maxey 
Barnes. Surviving are, two daughters, Joyce B. Crosby of Smoaks and 
Patsy B. Bradshaw of Daytona Beach, Fla.; one brother, Russell Barnes 
of Smoaks; three sisters, Ruth Wooten and Rena Bunton, both of 
Walterboro, and Lessie rae Phillips of Smoaks; nine grandchildren; 17 
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was predeceased
by a daughter, Lynn Cowans. The family will receive friends from 7 
until 9 p.m., Monday evening at the funeral home. (The Post and Courier
July 8, 2001)
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