Mark "Cleez Duke" Barnes

Mark "Cleez Duke" Barnes obituary, Pontiac, MI

Mark "Cleez Duke" Barnes

Mark Barnes Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home - Pontiac on Sep. 26, 2023.

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BARNES, Mr. Mark "Cleez" "Duke" - age 30, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023 in Pontiac, Michigan. Family hour 1:30PM Saturday, September 30, 2023 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street, with funeral commencing immediately at 2:00PM. Reverend Gary Pumphrey, officiating. Interment Perry Mt. Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble 1:30PM at the funeral home Saturday. Mr. Barnes will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed between the hours of 12:00PM - 6:00PM Friday.
Mr. Barnes leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Elizabeth Castaneda; children, Isabella Barnes, Michael Lynn Castaneda Barnes, Ja'Saih Elterro Castaneda Barnes and Heaven Bpril Castaneda; mother, Katherlyn Burrow-Barnes; and siblings, Jonesha Barnes and Dominque Evette Burrow-Barnes.
Mr. Barnes was preceded in death by his father, Michael Lynn Barnes, Sr.; brother Michael Lynn Barnes, Jr.; grandparents, Susan Diane Burrows, Dorothy Barnes, James Lee Adams and Michael Lynn Shorters; and great-grandparents, Zeola Adams, Rosa Lee Shorters, Jimmie Lee Shorters and Edward Adams.

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