Leona Walker Barnes, age 98, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Kindred Healthcare. Graveside services were conducted Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Rocky Mount Memorial Park Mausoleum with Reverend Richard Walker officiating.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, George N. Walker and Lizzie Bass Walker; her husband, Benjamin Alvin Barnes; her son, Benjamin Alvin Barnes Jr.; and son-in-law, Franklin (Pete) Winstead. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Bertha Modlin, Sadie Bone, Cora Layton, Lucy Braziel; and brothers, Frank, Jessie and John Walker.

She is survived by her daughter, Betsy B. Winstead; one grandson, one great-granddaughter, two great-grandsons;  one sister, Thelma Edwards, daughter-in-law, Adrienne Barnes Jolly.

Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 505 South Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount NC 27804.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount