Funeral Services for Mrs. Jackel Kelly Barnes, 87, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 4:00 P.M. Saturday, August 27, 2011 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA with Rev. Jon Tellifero officiating. Interment will follow in Serenity Gardens in West Monroe, LA.
Mrs. Barnes was born on October 5, 1923 in Shreveport, LA, to Walter Ferdinand Reppert and Grace Acenthia Ostertag Reppert, and died a peaceful death on August 24, 2011 at the Landmark Nursing Home in West Monroe, LA. She graduated from Fairpark High School in Shreveport and attended Louisiana State Normal in Natchitoches, LA. Mrs. Barnes and her family moved to West Monroe in 1948. She later worked and retired as an LPN for St. Francis Medical Center. She was a long time member of Woodlawn Methodist Church and later First United Methodist Church in West Monroe. She enjoyed many activities at the West Ouachita Senior Center. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. She was preceded in death by her children’s father, James Kelly and husband Archie Barnes, two brothers, and four sisters.
Survivors include her children, Jateen Lenard and husband, Herman, Jim Kelly and friend, Brenda Lambert, Jody Kelly and Jeanie Parent and husband, Kendall; brother-in-law, John Murph; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Barnes’ grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Friday, August 26, 2011 at Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA.
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