Obituary of Paul C. Barnes, Sr

SALISBURY CENTER Paul C. Barnes, Sr., 65 of 165 State Route 29A, Salisbury Center passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Utica. He was born on September 11, 1944 in Little Falls the son of the late Carl L. and Reva M. (Darling ) Barnes. He was educated in Stratford and Dolgeville Schools. He was united in marriage to his wife of 45 years the former Patricia Hart on August 28, 1965 at the Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, Salisbury Center. He later attended Herkimer County Community College where he received his Real Estate Brokers License. Mr. Barnes was a 40 year veteran of the US Army. Entering the service on September 2, 1964 and serving 20 years of active duty and 20 years as an Army Reservists he was honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant on September 11, 2004. Mr. Barnes was proudly served as a member of the Herkimer County Legislator, representing the 16th District from 1990 2003. During his time in office he was chairman of the Human Resources Committee, the County Highway Committee, and the County Foster Parent Program. He felt that his greatest accomplishments were in the defeat of the proposed landfill in District 16 and tirelessly fighting to keep Country Manor Nursing Home open and operating. He was a past member of the Salisbury Vol. Fire Dept. and a member of the Soggy Bottom Riders, ATV Club, Salisbury. An avid hunter and fisherman, he also enjoyed talking to people with his daily "Coffee Shopping" trips, vacationing with his family and attending his children and grandchildren sporting events. Mr. Barnes and his wife Pat owned and operated Barnes Grocery Store in Salisbury Center for several years. He later worked in the logging industry in Salisbury. He was last employed as the Head Bookkeeper for the P & C Foods Co., Herkimer retiring in 1994 after 18 years of service to that company. Since he was 9 years old Mr. Barnes has worked and later owned and operated Salisbury Tree Farm on State Route 29A, Salisbury Center until 2004 when his son Paul and his family took over the operation of the tree farm. He is survived by his wife Patricia, his 2 sons Paul C. Barnes, Jr. and his wife Christine, Salisbury Center and Richard S. Barnes and his wife Shannon, Dolgeville, his 2 daughters Jacqueline Barnes and her companion Scott Manley, Little Falls an Cheri Hyney and her husband Shannon, Canajoharie, a brother Reginald H. Barnes and his wife Lillian, Salisbury Center, 2 sisters Marilyn J. Juba and her companion Paul Louis, Middleville and Madelyn J. Lawrence and her companion Alkie Hinton, Dolgeville, 13 grandchildren Paul Barnes, III, Michael Barnes, Alexis Barnes, Chastity Barnes, Hunter Barnes and Braxton Barnes, Jocelyn Bellinger, Johnny Bellinger, Braelyn Bellinger and Erin Manley, Derek Hyney, Kirsten Hyney and Cody Hyney, his father and mother in law Stephen and Jane Hart, Sr., St. Johnsville, his sister in law Priscilla (Scott) Jarman, St. Joseph, MO, his brother in law Stephen (Deb) Hart, Jr., St. Johnsville, several nieces, nephews, cousins and many dear and close friends along with his faithful dog Rascal. He was predeceased by his brother Leland Barnes in 1997, Lelands wife Anna in 1984, and 2 brothers in law; Cletus Lawrence in 1974 and Stephen Juba in 1993. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 10:00 am from the Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, State Route 29A, Salisbury Center with the Rev. Robert Brent, Pastor officiating. Interment will take place in Salisbury Rural Cemetery, Town of Salisbury where military honors will be accorded. Relatives and friends are invited to pay their respects at the Chapman-Moser Funeral Home, Inc., 42 N. Ann Street, Little Falls on Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 4-7 pm and to attend the funeral services Monday morning. It is the wish of the family that contributions in memory of Mr. Barnes be considered to the Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, PO Box 243, Salisbury Center, NY 13454. Envelopes are also available at the funeral home for this purpose. God saw you was getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered, "Come with me." With tear - filled eyes we watched you and saw you pass away. Although we loved you deeply, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard - working hands put to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best. R. I. P. "You are Home"