Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Edith Grubbs, 2008 

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EDITH GRUBBS BARNES 

  SPRING GROVE, VA. - Edith Grubbs Barnes, 90, passed away on Saturday, 
Nov. 8, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va.

  Married 58 years, she was the widow of O. Ervin Barnes.  A native of 
Surry County, she was born and raised in Dendron, Va., and was the daughter 
of the late Harry Grubbs Sr., and Florence Scarborough Grubbs Seeley.

  Upon graduating from Dendron High School, Edith was employed at J.H. Rogers 
Store in Spring Grove and later at the Circle Store in Claremont, Va.  She 
wrote regularly for the social column in the Sussex-Surry Dispatch.  She was 
a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who loved family 
gatherings.  Edith and her husband loved to dance and enjoyed boating and 
fishing trips.  She enjoyed music, was active in the Music of her church, and 
was the Choir director of Claremont Baptist Church for many years.

  Edith was the oldest charter member of Claremont Baptist Church.  She was 
an active member of the Spring Grove community Club for 72 years, joining in 
1936.  She held memberships in Laurel Chapter #114 Order of the Eastern Star 
in Claremont, Adah Chapter #7 Order of the Eastern Star in Hopewell and, at 
present, Alpha Chapter #1 Order of the Eastern Star in Petersburg.  She was 
a former member of the Claremont Home Demonstration Club, the Surry County 
American Red Cross, and other charitable organizations.

  She is survived by a daughter, Brenda B. Stephenson of Riverview on the 
Appomattox Nursing Home in Hopewell; a son, David E. Barnes and wife, Monique 
of Spring Grove; three grandson, G. Douglas Rollings, Jr., of Spring Grove, 
Paul D. Harte and wife, Amy, of Surry, Va., and Daniel E. Barnes of 
Portsmouth, Va.; three granddaughter, Penny R. Hite and husband, Larry, of 
Spring Grove, Lisa S. Dickens of Surry, and Rebecca Csutoras and husband, Rick 
of Red Lion, Pa.  Mrs. Barnes had five great-grandchildren, William and Jesse 
Dickens of Surry; Melissa Hite Rickmond and husband, Scott, and Thomas Hite, 
all of Spring Grove; Aurelia C. Csutoras of Red Lion.

  Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by four brothers, Harry L. Grubbs, Jr., 
Clarence B. Grubbs, Elmer Grubbs, and Allan Grubbs; and two sisters, Dorothy 
M. Grubbs and Frances G. Joyner.

  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at 
Claremont Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dawson Bailey officiating.  The family 
will receive friends at Purviance Chapel, J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, in 
Wakefield, Va., from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.  Memorial donations 
may be made to Claremont Baptist Church, P.O. Box 157, Claremont, VA 23899; 
Claremont Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 100, Claremont, VA 23899; or 
Surry Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 188, Surry, Va. 23883.


Edith Louise (GRUBBS; Mrs. O. Ervin) BARNES, former store employee, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" social corresponent, 
b. 31 Dec 1917, Dendron, d. 8 Nov 2008, Petersburg, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 11 Nov 2008, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mon., Nov. 10, 2008 

*Additional information: 

Text of obit also posted with Find a Grave Mem. #113782240 

Her parents are also buried there. 

Her step-father, Clifton H. SEELEY, is buried with his first wife in 
   Wakefield Cemetery. 

Edith & Ervin m. 22 Feb 1936. 


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