Geraldine “Gerrie” Mooring Barnes
March 17, 1929 – December 1, 2011

Geraldine “Gerrie” Mooring Barnes, 82, of Bailey, formerly of Rock Ridge died Thursday.  Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Marsh Swamp Cemetery. The Rev. Ray Wells and the Rev. Paul Tedder will officiate.

The family will receive friends Saturday at Marsh Swamp Church immediately following the service and other times at 11097 Pace Road, Bailey.

She practiced as a registered nurse in Wilson County for many years.

Mrs. Barnes is survived by three daughters, Connie Tee and husband, Rick of Bath, Carol Ray and husband, Curtis of Bailey, and Becky Nordstrom and husband, Robert of Bath; a son, Jimmy Barnes of Bailey; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Charmaine Ferguson of Wilson, and Faye Bass of Fremont and a brother, Donald Mooring of Knoxville, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Bennett Barnes.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to Community Home Care and Hospice, 3124 Zebulon Road, Suite A, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or the charity of one’s choice.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.