E. Leverne Barnes, 52

A homemaker and a member of Mt. Hope the Baptist Church of Christ, he was the son of Anna Ruth Barnes of McMinnville and the late A.B. Barnes; and was preceded in death by brother, Willard Twain Barnes; grandfather, Grover Barnes; grandfather, John Taylor Russell; grandmother, Mary Emma Barnes; and grandmother, Maggie Ella Russell.

He is survived by his wife, Janis E. Barnes; son, Johnathan G. Barnes of McMinnville; sister and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Billy Rankhorn; niece, Ashley Barnes of Illinois; a host of friends and relatives.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with Tim Pelham, Tim Bennett and Greg Hibdon officiating. Burial will follow at Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation will be held until time of service today at Love-Cantrell & Cope.

Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 26, 2006