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The memorial service for Earl LeRoy Barnes will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Central Valley Chapel in Central Point. Inurnment will be in the Garden of Honor at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Medford.

Mr. Barnes, 75, of Central Point, died Wednesday (July 3, 2002) at his home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1425 Irving St., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97232, or the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 3181 Sam Jackson Park, Road, Suite 2200, Portland, OR 97201.

He was born Sept. 28, 1926, in Culver, Kan., to Jesse and Grace (Bowrin) Barnes. He moved to the Rogue Valley in 1947 from Kansas. On Oct. 23, 1948, in Medford, he married Delora Beeney, who died in 2000.

Mr. Barnes was a maintenance man for School District 549C at Medford High School and Hoover Elementary School. He also owned and operated a dump truck business and a custom landscaping business, all in the Rogue Valley. He worked at Orley’s Stoves for many years and at Payless Auto Sales. He and other family members helped drill the man-made lake, Willow Lake.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Mr. Barnes was a member of the Medford Eagles.

He enjoyed working with wood and doing handyman chores.

Survivors include three daughters, Christine Williams and Brenda McKelvie, both Central Point, and Barbara Hanson, Olympia, Wash.; two brothers, Jerry, Ashland, and Barney, Klamath Falls; three sisters, Alma Silvia, Fresno, Calif., Reola Burrough, Visalia, Calif., and Delores Bourbanaisse, Needles, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Harold, Ethmer and Raymond; and a great-grandson.

Arrangements: Central Valley Cremation and Funeral Care, Central Point.

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