WHITAKERS - Betty "Jeanette" Harper Barnes, age 80, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Born in Nash County on September 3, 1938, she was the daughter of the late George Donald Blizzard and Betty Birch Harper. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Earl Lore Barnes, Sr. and granddaughter, Ashley Jeanette Barnes.

She is survived by her children, Debra Barnes Floyd, Earl Lore Barnes, Jr. (Lisa), Donna Faye Barnes (Billy), all of Whitakers, and Bobby Barnes (Lori) of Wilmington; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Donald Blizzard of Rocky Mount; sister, Linda Matthews of Morehead City; and several nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Pastor David Proctor officiating. Burial will follow the service at Battleboro Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1 - 2 p.m. prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to UNC Nash Health Care Systems Hospice & Palliative Care, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.