Minnie Earle Morris Barnes

Minnie Earle Morris Barnes March 4, 1919 – October 29, 2020 Minnie Earle Morris Barnes, 101 of Wilson passed away Thursday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Ray Barnhill will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 4 – 6 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Minnie was retired after twenty-nine years of service with First Union National Bank. She was a wonderful person, a loving daughter, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend to all who knew her. She will be dearly missed. Minnie is survived by her daughter, Ann Barnes Lamm and husband, Fred of Greenville, South Carolina; son, Thomas “Tommy” Earl Barnes and wife, Carol of Wilson; grandchildren, Marsha Fisher and husband, Jackie, Melody Minedeo and husband, Lou, Wanda Merling and husband, Brad, Shannon Wright and Kendall Parks and husband, Lee; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Virginia Muskopf of Belleville, Illinois and brother, W.C. “Shorty” Morris of Largo, Florida. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorials in Minnie’s memory to Forest Hill Baptist Church, 1407 Forest Hills Road, Wilson, North Carolina 27896 or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.