Jeanie Faye Barnes

Jeanie Faye Barnes

1933-2017

Funeral services for Jeanie Faye Barnes, 84, of Canton, were held Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Bro. Billy Smith officiating.

Interment followed the Dallas/Ft. Worth National Cemetery.

Mrs. Barnes passed away Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in Canton.

She was born April 14, 1933, in Dallas to Varnie Lee Greer and Cora Geneva Balliew Greer. She was raised in the Dallas area and attended Sunset High School in Dallas. She was formerly a dental assistant in Irving. She married Eddie Barnes in Irving on June 19, 1981. She lived in Grand Prairie prior to moving to Canton in 1996.

She loved going to church, spending time with friends and family, decorating and tending to her rose bushes. She was a member of Walnut Springs Bible Baptist Church in Canton.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Varnie Lee and Cora Geneva Greer; five brothers, Jimmy Greer, twin brother, Jerry Greer, Milton Greer, Shelton Greer and D.W. Greer; and three sisters, Francis Beckham, Yvonne Swiger and Dee Nagle.

Survivors include her husband, Eddie Barnes Sr. of Canton; three sons, Kim Bethel of Ivanhoe, Eddie Barnes Jr. and wife, Donna of Red Oak, and Michael Barnes and wife, Denise of Mansfield; two daughters, Debbie Diaz of Arlington and Brenda Sue Baker of Granbury; sister, Pat Hardin of Iowa; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.