Edith Grubbs Barnes

BARNES, Edith Grubbs, 90, passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2008 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 L. Grubbs Sr. and Florence Scarborough Grubbs Seeley. She is survived by a daughter, Brenda B. Stephenson of Hopewell, Va.; a son, David E. Barnes and wife, Monique, of Spring Grove, Va.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Barnes was predeceased 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 Claremont Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2008, with Rev. Dawson Bailey officiating. Interment will immediately follow in Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Va. The family will receive friends at Purviance Chapel, J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, in Wakefield, Va. on Monday, November 10, 2008, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. 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. Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.