Alice Barnes

Mrs. Alice Ann Jeffries Barnes age 75 of Fayette passed away Sunday October 13, 2013 at the Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Funeral Services for Mrs. Barnes will be Wednesday October 16, 2013 at 2:00pm at Norwood Chapel with Dr. Steve Strange officiating. Burial will follow at the Bethel Baptist Church cemetery in the Bluff community of Fayette County. The visitation will be Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Norwood Chapel Funeral Home in Fayette will direct. Mrs. Barnes was born and reared in Fayette County. She was a former teacher at Fayette Academy and was the founder of the Kiddie Kollege in Fayette. She retired from the Fayette First United Methodist Church as the director of Children’s Place where she serviced from 1994 until 2010. Mrs. Barnes is survived by her husband, Noel Barnes; one daughter, Nancy Barnes Bunt of Fayette; two sons, Jack (Kay) Barnes of Athens, Jim (Vicky) Barnes of Northport; two sisters, Linda (Dr. Glenn) Bedsole and Kathleen Johnson both of Montgomery. Six grandchildren, Justin Barnes, Luke Barnes, Chase Barnes, Ryan Oswalt, Julie Bunt, Emily Barnes; one great grandchild, Lakin Barnes. Pallbearers will be, Jeff Holloway, Hunter Holloway, Rex Montgomery, Jake Montgomery, Vince Montgomery, Caleb Montgomery, Houston Montgomery. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Methodist Children’s home or the Fayette County Library.