Obituaries: Joy Kornegay Barnes, 1947, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 2, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held In Texas For Mrs. Joy K. Barnes

Funeral services for Mrs. Joy Kornegay Barnes, 38, former Dodson resident, who
died at a local clinic Friday afternoon, September 26, after an illness of
almost two years, were held at Quinlan, Texas, at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 28. 
The Rev. Stradling, Quinlan Methodist minister, officiated.  Burial was in the
Quinlan Cemetery.

Mrs. Barnes was born at Dodson March 24, 1909 and was a graduate of Dodson
High School and Meadows-Draughn Business College, Shreveport.  For the past
several years she and her husband hd engaged in a grocery business in Quinlan,
Texas.  Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Dodson Baptist Church.

A short service was conducted at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Winnfield
Saturday morning, September 27, with Rev. Alwin Stokes officiating.  Final
rites were held at the Texas community which had been her home for several
years.

Surviving are her husband, George Barnes of Quinlan, Texas; her father, W. W.
Kornegay of Dodson; two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Mathews of Dodson and Mrs. W. L.
Sowers of Winnfield; two brothers, Henry Kornegay of Dodson and Lester
Kornegay of Dothan, Ala.  She is also survived by a number of nieces and
nephews.