Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Benjamin Jermone April 23, 1948
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Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Saturday, April 24, 1948

B.J. Barnes Dies; Negro Attorney

Benjamin Jerome Barnes Negro attorney, who had practiced his profession in 
Norfolk since 1925, died yesterday at 8:30 a.m. at his home at 912 Hayes Street 
after a long illness.

Born in 1887 at Brandon, he was the son of the late Robert and Ann Barnes. He 
attended Prince George County School and Smallwood Institute, receiving his 
legal education at Blackstone College in Chicago.

Becoming a member of the Virginia Bar of Norfolk in 1925, he also was a member 
of the Norfolk County, the Tidewater and the National Bar associations.

He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church.

In addition to his wife, Mrs. Ada Nelson Barnes, he is survived by two 
daughters, Mrs. Anna Mae Benton and Mrs. Mildred Jones, of Norfolk; a son, 
Bennie Barnes, of New York; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Johnson and Mrs. Rachel 
Wooden, of Bayside, N.Y., and two brothers, John Barnes, of New York City, and 
James Barnes of Spring Grove.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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