Good evening everyone, I am new to the list and would like to post my interest in finding an obituary for the following: Elsie L. Barnes, died January 28, 1963, Ware County, 80 years old. Mrs. Barnes was born in England, came to the U.S. in 1886, and first lived in CT. I believe her maiden name was Wilkins. If anyone can access an obituary or provide any other information, I would really appreciate it. Many thanks, Elizabeth BC, Canada

SOURCE: WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD, Monday, January 28, 1963, page 14 Mrs. J. M. Barnes Dies; Funeral Set Here Tomorrow Mrs. Joseph McMiller Barnes Sr., 80, well-known Waycrossan, died early this morning at Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Barnes was the mother of J. Mack Barnes, prominent local attorney, and she had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Barnes at 1420 St. Mary’s Dr., for the past 10 years. The former Elizabeth (Elsie) Haskins Madden Love, Mrs. Barnes was the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, the Rev. George Love, of Liverpool, England, who was sent to Beaverton Ontario, Canada, as rector. Her mother was an American, the former Emma Valeria Pintard Bicknell of New Albany, Ind. Mrs. Barnes was born in Indiana Aug. 24, 1882. Following the death of her father in Canada, Mrs. Barnes at three moved to New Albany, Ind. where she made her home with Judge and Mrs. George Augustus Bicknell. Judge Bicknell was congressman from Indiana. Mrs. Barnes was of distinguished Revolutionary ancestry. Her forbears at one time owned Valley Forge. Upon the death of Mrs. Barnes’ grandfather Bicknell, in 1891 at the age of nine she moved to Waycross to make her home with her uncle, the Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell, who was rector of Grace Episcopal Church here. In 1904 she was married in Atlanta to Joseph McMiller Barnes. They moved to Charlotte, N.C. where he was engaged in business. He was also mayor Charlotte. The Barnes moved to Waycross in 1918, and upon the death of her husband, who was also a brother of Mrs. J. M. Fesperman, Mrs. Barnes made her home with the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Barnes, Atlantic Coast Line engineer. Active in the First Presbyterian Church here of which she was a member, she held membership in the Winifred Quarterman Sunday School Class and the Women of the Church. Mrs. Barnes, in addition to her son with whom she made her home, had a son, George Barnes, who died in 1942. Survivors include two grandchildren, Mrs. William B. Brown Jr., the former Beth Barnes, Franklin, Tenn., and Miss Martha Julia Barnes, Atlanta. Two great grandchildren also survive, William B. Brown, III and Harriet Elizabeth Brown, Franklin, Tenn. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Transcribed by Teresa Griffis, 12-20-05, tgriffis@wayxcable.com CC: Elizabeth Abbott, eabbott@shaw.ca elizabeth Abbott wrote: >Good evening everyone, > >I am new to the list and would like to post my interest in finding an obituary for the following: > >Elsie L. Barnes, died January 28, 1963, Ware County, 80 years old. Mrs. Barnes was born in England, came to the U.S. in 1886, and first lived in CT. I believe her maiden name was Wilkins. > >If anyone can access an obituary or provide any other information, I would really appreciate it. > >Many thanks, > >Elizabeth >BC, Canada > > >==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== >GAWARE Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/GA/ware.html >GAWARE GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware/ > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >