Barbara "Jo" Barnes^{[1, 2]}

1942 - 2012  (69 years)

• Name	Barbara "Jo" Barnes
  Born	19 Jul 1942
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 May 2012  [3]
  Buried	21 May 2012	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I183618	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert "Bob" Grooms,   b. 10 May 1921, Tennessee ,   d. 4 May 2008, Newport Medical Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Hattie Barnes,   b. 6 Mar 1923, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jun 2006, Newport Health & Rehabilitation Center  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F69977	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Claude Ronald Cates,   b. 18 Nov 1941,   d. 26 Oct 2002, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Reecie Melissa Cates,   b. 7 Nov 1960,   d. 15 Jul 2016, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 55 years) + 2. Donna S. Cates,   b. 15 Apr 1962,   d. 16 Aug 2001, Afton, Greene County, Tennessee  (Age 39 years)   3. Rhonda Cates   4. Michael P. "Kramer" Cates,   b. 13 Jan 1970,   d. 1 Jan 2012, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F69523	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 21 May 2012 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 54. [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 6 Jun 2006. Hattie Barnes Grooms obituary [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 18 May 2012. (July 19, 1942 - May 18, 2012) Barbara Jean (Jo) Cates, age 69, of Newport, passed away suddenly Friday morning, May 18, 2012. She was lovingly known to everyone as “Nonny”. She was a member of Pigeon Valley Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Cates; daughter, Donna Cates Verdi; son, Michael “Cramer” Cates; mother, Hattie Grooms; father and stepmother, Robert “Bob” and Helen Grooms. She is survived by her daughters, Reecie Cates (Mike Livesay) and Rhonda (L. D.) Ottinger; grandchildren, Denea Cates, Taylor and Tyler Livesay, Crystal Crum and Dustin Williamson; great-grandchildren, Krys Cates who was the apple of her eye, Karcye Franklin, Kingstyn Dick, Tanner Green, Aislyn Norton and Parker Williamson; step-father, Charles Murr; brothers, Bobby (Carol) Grooms, Reese (Cheryl) Grooms and Jimmy Dale (Tammy) Grooms; also many other family and friends. The family will receive friends Sunday evening, May 20, 2012 from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm with funeral services following at 8:00 pm, in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Ransom Hall and Pastor Frank Livesay officiating. Burial will be 11:00 am Monday, May 21, 2012 in Union Cemetery. Family and friends may sign the guest register on line at: www.manesfuneralhome.com.