Steven Ray Barmes, 50, entered his eternal reward on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, from his home in Lincoln.
A memorial service celebrating his life will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Earl C Hargrove chapel on the Lincoln Christian College and Seminary campus, where he was head groundskeeper for the past five years.
The family will welcome visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. in the chapel foyer before the service.
A funeral and burial service will be on Tuesday in Mechanicsville, Va.
Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Barmes was a 1981 graduate of Lincoln Christian Seminary and held ministries in Virginia, New Hampshire, Idaho and Illinois.
He was born Aug. 24, 1954, in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Bruce and Barbara Barmes. They survive him in Charlotte, N.C.
He married Ellen Gayle Potter on Jan. 1, 1977, in Richmond, Va. She survives him, along with three wonderful sons they were blessed with: Frankie Barmes of Richmond, Va.; Billy Barmes, home in Lincoln on leave from serving in Iraq; and Peter Barmes, at home in Lincoln.
He is also survived by one sister, Judy (and Joe) Rucker of Garner, N.C., and their three sons, and one brother, Brian Barmes, also of Garner.
The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to his final landscaping project at the college: a gazebo and rose garden. Donations may be made to Lincoln Christian College and Seminary at 100 Campus View Drive and marked "Gazebo Project".
LincolnDailyNews.com
Archived Oct. 16, 2004
A memorial service celebrating his life will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Earl C Hargrove chapel on the Lincoln Christian College and Seminary campus, where he was head groundskeeper for the past five years.
The family will welcome visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. in the chapel foyer before the service.
A funeral and burial service will be on Tuesday in Mechanicsville, Va.
Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Barmes was a 1981 graduate of Lincoln Christian Seminary and held ministries in Virginia, New Hampshire, Idaho and Illinois.
He was born Aug. 24, 1954, in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Bruce and Barbara Barmes. They survive him in Charlotte, N.C.
He married Ellen Gayle Potter on Jan. 1, 1977, in Richmond, Va. She survives him, along with three wonderful sons they were blessed with: Frankie Barmes of Richmond, Va.; Billy Barmes, home in Lincoln on leave from serving in Iraq; and Peter Barmes, at home in Lincoln.
He is also survived by one sister, Judy (and Joe) Rucker of Garner, N.C., and their three sons, and one brother, Brian Barmes, also of Garner.
The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to his final landscaping project at the college: a gazebo and rose garden. Donations may be made to Lincoln Christian College and Seminary at 100 Campus View Drive and marked "Gazebo Project".
LincolnDailyNews.com
Archived Oct. 16, 2004
Steven Ray Barmes, 50, entered his eternal reward on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, from his home in Lincoln.
A memorial service celebrating his life will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Earl C Hargrove chapel on the Lincoln Christian College and Seminary campus, where he was head groundskeeper for the past five years.
The family will welcome visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. in the chapel foyer before the service.
A funeral and burial service will be on Tuesday in Mechanicsville, Va.
Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Barmes was a 1981 graduate of Lincoln Christian Seminary and held ministries in Virginia, New Hampshire, Idaho and Illinois.
He was born Aug. 24, 1954, in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Bruce and Barbara Barmes. They survive him in Charlotte, N.C.
He married Ellen Gayle Potter on Jan. 1, 1977, in Richmond, Va. She survives him, along with three wonderful sons they were blessed with: Frankie Barmes of Richmond, Va.; Billy Barmes, home in Lincoln on leave from serving in Iraq; and Peter Barmes, at home in Lincoln.
He is also survived by one sister, Judy (and Joe) Rucker of Garner, N.C., and their three sons, and one brother, Brian Barmes, also of Garner.
The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to his final landscaping project at the college: a gazebo and rose garden. Donations may be made to Lincoln Christian College and Seminary at 100 Campus View Drive and marked "Gazebo Project".
LincolnDailyNews.com
Archived Oct. 16, 2004
A memorial service celebrating his life will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Earl C Hargrove chapel on the Lincoln Christian College and Seminary campus, where he was head groundskeeper for the past five years.
The family will welcome visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. in the chapel foyer before the service.
A funeral and burial service will be on Tuesday in Mechanicsville, Va.
Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Barmes was a 1981 graduate of Lincoln Christian Seminary and held ministries in Virginia, New Hampshire, Idaho and Illinois.
He was born Aug. 24, 1954, in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Bruce and Barbara Barmes. They survive him in Charlotte, N.C.
He married Ellen Gayle Potter on Jan. 1, 1977, in Richmond, Va. She survives him, along with three wonderful sons they were blessed with: Frankie Barmes of Richmond, Va.; Billy Barmes, home in Lincoln on leave from serving in Iraq; and Peter Barmes, at home in Lincoln.
He is also survived by one sister, Judy (and Joe) Rucker of Garner, N.C., and their three sons, and one brother, Brian Barmes, also of Garner.
The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to his final landscaping project at the college: a gazebo and rose garden. Donations may be made to Lincoln Christian College and Seminary at 100 Campus View Drive and marked "Gazebo Project".
LincolnDailyNews.com
Archived Oct. 16, 2004
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