NASHVILLE - Mary Barnes Minshew, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Born in Nash County on August 15, 1935, she was the daughter of the late George Ralph Barnes and Mammie Estelle Joyner Barnes. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Billy Boy Vick, Sr.; her second husband, David Earl Minshew; her daughter, Mary Vick Wheeless; and her sisters, Margaret Holland, Jean Williams, and Martha Ann Tyson.

Mary is survived by her son, Billy Vick of Nashville; her step-daughter, Vickie High and husband, David, of Bailey; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; her son-in-law, Ossie Wheeless; her daughter-in-law, Mindy C. Vick; her sisters, Libby Faroux (Larry), Joyce Faye Minshew (Bobby), Brenda Radford (Mike), Kathy Watson (Mike), Doris Voller, and Cherrill Enroughty; and her brothers, Samuel Barnes (Christine) and George Willard Barnes.

A funeral service was held March 2, 2025 at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Pastor Chris Fowler officiating. Burial followed the service at Red Oak Baptist Church Cemetery.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Mary's memory to The Lodge at Rocky Mount, 3322 Village Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.