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- The Herington Times, Thursday, May 22, 2003
Virgil M. Barnes
March 26, 1921 – May 19, 2003
Garden City – Funeral services for Virgil Milton Barnes, 82, of Garden City, will be held at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) at the First United Methodist Church in Garden City. The Revs. Robert Cousins and Donald E. Carter will officiate.
Mr. Barnes died Monday, May 19, 2003, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
He was born March 26, 1921, at Lakin, the son of Martin and Chloe Greeson Barnes.
Mr. Barnes grew up in Lakin and attended the Lakin schools. He served in the United States Army during World War II.
On Nov. 18, 1951, he was united in marriage to Ila Wiggans in Bronson. They moved to Garden City in 1966 and in 1971 they moved to Dillon and then back to Garden City in 1978.
Mr. Barnes worked for 18 years building highways in Kansas and then worked for another 18 years in the oil fields. He retired in 1984.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Senior Center, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, R.S.V.P. and Fraternal Order of the Eagles, all in Garden City.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ila, on Nov. 14, 1998; his parents; a brother, Vernon Barnes; two sisters, Vada McMichael and Vera Barnes; and a grandchild, Ila Vernice Barnes.
Survivors include two son, Lyle Barnes of Liberal and Milton Barnes of North Platte, Neb.; two daughters, Marcia Hill and Janice Parks, both of Garden City; two brothers, Ralph Barnes of Garden City and Daryl Barnes of Minneola; two sisters, Doris McMichael and Wilda Tallant, both of Lakin; seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A visitation for family and friends was held Wednesday at Garnand Funeral Home in Garden City.
Burial will be in the Lakin Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by the Garden City Area Veterans.
The family requests memorial contributions to R.S.V.P. and may be sent in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 412 North 7th Street, Garden City, KS, 67846.
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