A Connection to Your Branch of My Family Tree

 
Note change of date for next Barnes Family Reunion - June 14, 2009
 

We are all members of the family tree of man. If you look back far enough, you will find that we are all related. One of my Mother’s favorite sayings was a quote from Edwin Markham –

“There is a destiny that makes us brothers:
None goes his way alone
All that we send into the live of others
Comes back into our own. ”

My parents, Johnnie and Dot Barnes, not only raised me and my brothers in the fear and love of the almighty God, but also instilled in me a love for family connections and an understanding of the need to nurture family relationships. They were my encouragers, mentors, and inspiration to research family history. It is in that spirit that I dedicate this web page to their memory.

My intent is to provide information about what is going on in the lives of my family and at the same time share some of the interesting history that constitutes our heritage. The information contained on these pages is not intended for my profit or the profit of others. If I inadvertently include information that you would prefer to keep private, please notify me and I will promptly remove it from these web pages. In the meantime, please come back regularly, as I will continue to update and build these pages as time permits.



Johnnie Barnes 1920 - 2003
Dot Barnes 1923 - 2004

Barnes Family Events

In this section, you will find information about recent births, deaths, marriages, reunions, and other life events of my Barnes family relatives. This will be the same information that I try to keep current in the “Out on a Limb” newsletter that I print and distribute twice each year. If I have missed a special event or if you have something to add, please contact me so that I can include it here.
 

Barnes Family Reunion

Remember the annual Barnes Family Reunion. The date of the next reunion has been changed to the second Sunday in June.  Our next reunion will be June 14, 2009.  Mark your calendars now and plan to attend.
 

New Members 

Zoe Ruth Armistead was born February 8, 2008, to Beau and Ashley Allen Armistead.  She weighed in at 5 lb., 14 oz., and she was 18 ¼ inches long.  Zoe is the granddaughter of Lyn and Sandra Cooper Allen and the great-granddaughter of Bob and Doris Barnes Cooper.  Zoe joins older brothers Cole and Judah Armistead.

 

 
 
 
 
At Rest    


 
PORTER HARLEN GALLUPS  Funeral service for Harlen Gallups, age 81, of Wilsonville, was Sunday, May 25, 2008, at Bolton-Letlow Chapel with Rev. Steve Thomas officiating. Burial followed at Harpersville Memory Gardens. Mr. Gallups, who passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at a local hospital, was born on February 13, 1927 in Shelby County. He was a member of Wilsonville Baptist Church, Wilsonville, AL. He served our country during WW II in the Maritime Services and US Army. He served in Austria, during the early occupation period. He worked at US Steel Fairfield Line Crew for 38 years. He is preceded in death by his wife, Marieanne, the mother of his children, by his father and mother, William Porter and Eola White Gallups, brother, Ordice Gallups, sisters, Margaret Ann Robinson, Kathleen G. Parker. He is survived by his wife, Louise Barnes Gallups; daughter, Patricia Sue (Steve) Howe; sons, Stephen Ray (Sheila) Gallups, Terry Harlen (Vicki) Gallups, Kenneth Allen Gallups, Phillip Carl (Naysa) Gallups; sisters, Doris Varner, Christine Poer, Mary Poer; brothers, William Gallups, Robert Coy Gallups; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations to Wilsonville Baptist Church Building Fund would be greatly appreciated. Bolton-Letlow Funeral Home is directing.
Published in The Birmingham News on 5/23/2008.
 
 
 
Protecting Our Freedom



1LT Lee H. Barnes

Lee has returned safely home from Iraq and continues his service with the Alabama Army National Guard.  Click here  for current email messages and other information regarding Lee’s military service.
 

Early History of the Barnes Family in Alabama


Much of the information we have about the early history of our ancestors in Alabama comes directly from a journal that was kept by Michael Harrison Barnes. Click here for excerpts from that journal and other information about our Barnes heritage.

My Lester, Jackson, and Harper Family Lines


My mother, Dot Barnes, was my true inspiration for pursuing information on our family history. My entire life she tried to pass down to me many family stories, most of which have proved to be founded in fact. I have tried to document in the following pages some of the rich (and some racy) stories that I could preserve.

The Lester Family of Shelby County, Alabama
The Jackson Family of Shelby County, Alabama
Stories Hap Harper Told (And Some He Didn’t Tell)

Contact

This web page is developed with little authority, incidental information, limited resources, and good intentions by Ben Barnes. Please feel free to contact me at BBarnes652@aol.com for questions, comments, additions, or corrections.
11/2008