Robert Barnes, also know as “Allen,” “Robert,” “Bob,” “Poppie,” “Pap Pap” and “Barnes,” of Carolina Shores, died suddenly Monday, July 28, 2014, at Grand Strand Regional Hospital after a brain hemorrhage. He was 72.
He was born May 31, 1942, in Hagerstown, the son of the late Robert Leo and Jane Toms Barnes. A U.S. Army veteran and retired U.S. Government/DOD in 1997. He was a member of the St. Luke Lutheran Church, Ocean Isle Beach and was a member of the Calabash American Legion, Calabash VFW, Shallotte Elks Club, AMVETS and American Legion Post #11, Fredrick, Md.
After retirement in 1997, he and his wife moved to Carolina Shores and recently spent summers at Riverbend Campground in Falling Waters, W.V. He enjoyed golfing, watching the news, camping, playing cards and traveling.
Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Nancy Barnes; two sons, Michael Barnes and his wife, Belinda Barnes, of Walkersville, Md. and Robert Riddell Barnes and his wife, Tracy Barnes, of Raleigh; sister, Carol Huffer, of Jefferson, Md.; and three grandchildren, Kristyn Barnes, Michelle Barnes and Jason Barnes, of Walkersville, Md.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 .m. Thursday, July 31, 2014, at St. Luke Lutheran Church by the Rev. Henry Rehder.
Family requests in lieu of flowers memorials be directed to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216 or American Diabetes Association, 2418 Blue Ridge Rd, Suite 206, Raleigh, NC 27607.
Private online condolences may be sent to the family at www.brunswickfuneralservice.com.
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