William Raymond Barnes

Mr. William Raymond Barnes, 97, a resident of Trenton, Missouri died at 1:36 A.M., Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Sunnyview Nursing Home, Trenton, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. at the Slater-Neal Funeral Home, Trenton, Missouri. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton, Missouri.

Family visitation will be held Saturday from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Memorials to either St. Luke Hospice or Bright Futures-Trenton and may be left with the funeral home.

Mr. Barnes was born August 17, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of William Paul and Fernie Eleanora Bennett Barnes. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1945. He was veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Navy. He was self-employed carpenter, insurance salesman and worked for the U.S. Post office as a mailman before he retired.

On July 28, 1948 he was married to Ruth E. Towns at Trenton, Missouri. She preceded him in death on May 25, 2008.

His survivors include one daughter Dianne Moulin and husband Michael, Fort Myers, Florida; two sons Robert Barnes, Trenton, Missouri, Doug Barnes and wife Kyle, Trenton, Missouri; two sisters Janice Reinhart, Trenton, Missouri, Dorothy Watkins, Trenton, Missouri; one brother Richard Barnes and wife Susie, Topeka, Kansas; one daughter-in-law Audrey Barnes, Whorton, Texas; nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren .

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one sister Virginia Atkinson, one brother Larry Barnes, one son Mike Barnes and one granddaughter Mesha Barnes.

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