Obituaries:  Ellen G. Barnes, Sabine Parish       B-652
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 12, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Ellen G. Barnes

  Funeral services were held for Ellen G. Barnes, 72, at 1 p.m.,
Saturday, June 8, at New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Many, La.
Officiating was the Rev. Clois Rogers. Interment followed in the
Negreet Cemetery.

  Ellen G. Barnes died at 2:30 a.m., Saturday, June 1. She was
born August 18, 1919, at Negreet, La., and had been a resident of
Many. Ellen Barnes was a member of the New Jerusalem Baptist
Church in Many, La.

  She is preceded by four of her children in death. She is
survived by her husband Woodrow W. Barnes Sr.; three sons,
Woodrow Barnes Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif., Hayward Barnes, and
James Dennis Barnes of Houston, Tex.; seven daughters, Sarah
Holbert of San Angelo, Tex., Shirley Perkins of Los Angeles,
Calif., Sophronia Williams, Mary Haynes, Debra Thomas, Sandra
Wysinger, and Ruth Gosey, all of Many, La.; 42 grandchildren;
nine great grandchildren; four brothers, Rev. Curtis Gosey of
DeRidder, La., Naboth Gosey of Inglewood, Calif., Roscoe Gosey of
Los Angeles, Calif., and Lewis Gosey of El Paso, Tex.; three
sisters, Ruth Martin, Dicy Cook, and Hazel Green, all of Los
Angeles, Calif.; and a host of nephews, nieces, and other
relatives and friends.