Sussex County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Rebecca A. Lee, 1981 

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BARNES 

  Mrs. Rebecca Lee Barnes, a resident of Wakefield, died Tuesday, June 2, 
1981.  She was the widow of Mac D. Barnes and was a Gold Star Mother, a 
member of the Alexandria, Va. District of the American Gold Star Mothers, 
Inc.  Mrs. Barnes owned and operated Barnes Grocery in Wakefield until she 
retired.  She has made her home in Wakefield for the past 29 years.  Prior 
to that, in Petersburg for 25 years.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. 
J.V. Thomas, Sr. of Wakefield; two granddaughters, Mrs. B.W. Peoples, 
Virginia Beach, and Miss Noreen Hale of Chicago; three grandsons, J.V. 
Thomas, Jr. of Chester, David and Marvin Hale, both of San Angelo, Texas; 
seven great-grandchildren, Sp-3 Steve Peoples, U.S. Army in Texas, Charles 
Peoples, Lorrie and Kathy Peoples, all of Virginia Beach, Joanne and 
Jennifer Thomas, both of Chester, Michael Hale of San Angelo.  Mrs. Barnes 
was the mother of three deceased sons, Joseph and Lawrence Hale, both of whom 
died of wounds in WWII and Charles Hale.  Funeral service will be conducted 
Thursday, June 4, at 2 P.M. from Purviance Funeral Chapel in Wakefield. 
Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. 

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Mrs. Rebecca Lee Barnes 

  WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for Mrs. Rebecca Lee Barnes was held Thursday 
at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. L.P. Bland. 
Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers: Greggor Huber, James Renney, S.I. Jenkins, Truitt Garrett, R.T. 
Scott, and J.N. Savedge. 

  Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday in John Randolph Hospital, Hopewell. 

  A native of Sussex county, she was the wife of Mac D. Barnes 

  She was a member of Crowder Memorial Baptist Church, Petersburg, and 
Alexandria District of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. 

  Survivors by a daughter, Mrs. J.V. Thomas Sr. of Wakefield; two 
granddaughters; three grandsons; and seven great-grandchildren. 


Rebecca Ann (LEE HALE; Mrs. Mack* D.) BARNES, of Wakefield, formerly of Petersburg, 
retired owner/operator of Barnes Grocery, 
Sussex Co. native*, d. 2 Jun 1981, Hopewell, age 85, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 4 Jun 1981, 
donated obits, publications unknown 

**Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

*Additional information: 

Her second husband's name is spelled "Mack" on his marker.  Photos of 
   their markers are posted with their Find A Grave Memorials -  
   #127685681 (Rebecca LEE BARNES) & #127685758 (Mack Daniel BARNES). 

While her second obit and her Death Certificate (#81-017958) both give 
   b. Sussex Co., her parents appear in Brunswick & Greensville Cos. 

Her parents' marriage record - 

William H. Lee, 18, b. Brunswick Co., sn/o G.M. & Julia Ann Lee 
Mattie F. Daniel, 17, b. Brunswick Co., dt/o J.W. & Rebecca F. Daniel 
m. 16 Dec 1885, Brunswick Co. 
(FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database) 

Her mother seems to have remarried, circa 1876, to Andrew J. JONES. 
   The households are confused by the census enumerator - Mattie originally 
   listed with the JONES family (#81), rather than husband W. Henry LEE and 
   their children (#82). 
   (1900 Census - Belfield Dist. (#29), Greensville Co., VA - sheet 5B) 

Rebecca's first husband, Joseph Henry HALE, sn/o Joseph Powell & Virginia** 
   (MYRICK) HALE {both "b. Southampton Co."), was b. 8 Jun 1883 in Sussex Co., 
   and died 7 Apr 1940 in Petersburg, and his remains were removed to Jarratt. 
   (D.Cert. #8989 {Ptbg. #136}) 
   He 1m. 12 Nov 1901 in Dinwiddie Co., Mary Parthenia HADDON. 
   (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 

Confusingly, Joseph & Rebecca {transcribed "Rebice"} appear in the 1940 Census 
   in Ward 1, Petersburg (e.d. 115-3), enum. 12-13 Apr; she was marked as 
   widowed, but "Wd" was struck & "M" {married} inserted. 

**Jos.P. Hale, 23, b. Sussex Co., sn/o Jesse P. & Sarah E., 
   1m. 5 Mar 1873, Peete's Church, Southampton Co., by Thos.M. Newsom, 
   Lucie J. Myrick, 22, b. Southampton Co., dt/o {Benj.} Owen & Nancy {Thorp} 
      Myrick {m. 1835 Southampton Co.} 
   (Southampton Co. MB2:141) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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