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Henry William “Hank” Barnes

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Henry William “Hank” Barnes Veteran

Birth
Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Death
19 Aug 2012 (aged 80)
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Burial
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.0627289, Longitude: -101.9219742
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Henry W. "Hank" Barnes, 80, of Amarillo died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.

Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Road Chapel with the Rev. Lance Herrington officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St.

Henry, better known as Hank, was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Broken Bow, Neb., to Roy and Ella Barnes. He attended school in Callaway, Neb., until his junior year in high school, when his family moved to Lexington, Neb., where he graduated from high school in 1948.

Hank married Della Pinkerton in Lexington on March 4, 1956. He enlisted in the Army in 1951 and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1954. Hank and Della moved to San Antonio in the spring of 1957 and moved to Amarillo in 1976. He spent his entire life working in the construction industry, working in almost all types of construction from highway to land leveling, pipeline work and finally building construction. He loved his work and was dedicated and loyal to his employers. Mr. Barnes was a loving and devoted Christian husband. He was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother; and five brothers, Robert, LaVerne, Dean Brown, Raymond and Larry.

Survivors include his wife, Della; a brother, Clifford Barnes and wife Mary of Lexington; two sisters, Donna Mae Crain and husband Larry of San Antonio and JoAnn Woehrle and husband Richard of Lexington; and many loving nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105; or Thomas E. Creek VA Hospice, 6010 W. Amarillo Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Sign the online guest book at www.lagroneblackburnshaw.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 21, 2012
Henry W. "Hank" Barnes, 80, of Amarillo died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.

Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Road Chapel with the Rev. Lance Herrington officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St.

Henry, better known as Hank, was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Broken Bow, Neb., to Roy and Ella Barnes. He attended school in Callaway, Neb., until his junior year in high school, when his family moved to Lexington, Neb., where he graduated from high school in 1948.

Hank married Della Pinkerton in Lexington on March 4, 1956. He enlisted in the Army in 1951 and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1954. Hank and Della moved to San Antonio in the spring of 1957 and moved to Amarillo in 1976. He spent his entire life working in the construction industry, working in almost all types of construction from highway to land leveling, pipeline work and finally building construction. He loved his work and was dedicated and loyal to his employers. Mr. Barnes was a loving and devoted Christian husband. He was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother; and five brothers, Robert, LaVerne, Dean Brown, Raymond and Larry.

Survivors include his wife, Della; a brother, Clifford Barnes and wife Mary of Lexington; two sisters, Donna Mae Crain and husband Larry of San Antonio and JoAnn Woehrle and husband Richard of Lexington; and many loving nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105; or Thomas E. Creek VA Hospice, 6010 W. Amarillo Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Sign the online guest book at www.lagroneblackburnshaw.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 21, 2012


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