Howard L. Barnes

Footprints  
One night a man had a dream. In it he was walking along a beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the final scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back, at the footprints in the sand. He noticed many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints, and realized that they came at the hardest and saddest times of his life. Bothered about this, he questioned the Lord saying, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,  You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most burdensome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you the most You would leave me. "The Lord replied, "My dear child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that "I carried you."
             
                                Author Unknown

      Howard Lee Barnes, 79, of Mexico, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2004, at Twain Haven Nursing Home in Perry.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 19, at 1 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall A. Sawyer officiating. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 5 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.

Mr. Barnes was born on August 2, 1924, in Sturgeon a son of Barney and Maycle Barnes. On Feb. 15, 1948, in Centralia, he married Barbara J. Brown, who died on June 19, 1994. He worked for A. P. Green Refractories as a forklift operator for 28 years before retiring. He also built houses and worked for Missouri Power and Light Co.

Survivors include six sons, Ronnie Barnes, Madison, Lonnie Barnes, Jonesburg, Eric, Randy and Linn Barnes, Mexico, and Gaylan Barnes, Wentzville; a daughter, Mrs. Don (Carolyn) Mozingo, Mexico; two sisters, Betty Jean Schade, Centralia, and Rose Bell Hulen, Columbia;16 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

A brother, Kenneth Barnes, and a sister, Lucile Hamm, preceded him in death.

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