W.D. Barnes

MANSFIELD -- W.D. Barnes, 78, of Mansfield passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at home while surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield.  Pastor Joe Carmichael of Community of Hope United Methodist Church will officiate. Private burial will follow in Emerald Hills Cemetery in Kennedale. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home. W.D. was born in Whitney on June 11, 1934. He was the only child of the late J.D. and Novella Shelley Barnes. W.D. married Joyce Louise Boyd in 1958. He spent many years working in several different areas of the U.S. and in 1965 W.D. and Joyce settled in Port Lavaca, where they raised their children. They eventually moved to the Houston area where they remained until his retirement in 2000 and they relocated to Fort Worth to be near his children. He enjoyed many afternoons of his retirement years playing dominoes with his friends at Villas by the Lake in Fort Worth and cheering on his beloved football team, the Dallas Cowboys. In 2010, Joyce passed and only 3 months later he suffered a debilitating car accident that forced him to reside with his daughter. The last two years of his life were spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. W.D. was preceded in death by his parents, J.D. and Novella Barnes, and his lovely wife of 52 years, Joyce Boyd Barnes. Survivors: W.D. is survived by his children, Darlene Jennings and husband, Horace, Kenneth Barnes and wife, Lauree, and Scott Barnes; his grandchildren, Brandilyn DePalma and husband, Chris, Dallas Cooper and husband, Robert, Jordan Haith, Madison Jennings, Mattie and Kaitlyn Barnes, Ryan, Dylan, Clinton and Zoe Barnes; his great-grandchildren, Caleb and Mackenzie Cobb, Logan, Allison and Emma Cooper, and Kacy Barnes; as well as his devoted sister-in-law, Sheryn Hurley and husband, Michael, of Missouri.