Judy Barnes Kilpatrick, 54, of Chula, died Thursday, September 14, 2006, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 18, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Randall Gay will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dewayne Harris, Crayton Barnes, Tony Bruner, Skeet Adams, Andy Bruner and Randy Johnson will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Devin Blanton, Eston Burkhalter, Jimmy Stewart and Donald "Speedy" Pope. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 17, 2006, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Kilpatrick wsa born on December 16, 1951 in Tift County and was the daughter of Talmadge Barnes and Corene Suggs Barnes, both deceased. She was disabled, but was a former employee of Prestolite Wire Corporation. She was of the Baptist faith.
Ms. Kilpatrick is survived by her husband, Rex Kilpatrick of Chula, three sons and two daughters-in-law, James Larry and Charity Barnes of Chula, Talmadge Lee and Rose Adams of Chula and Homer Dewitt Adams, Jr. of Avon Park, Florida; two daughters and one son-in-law, Catherine Malisa and Tony Bruner of Sparks and Kemberly Louise Rodriguez of Sparks; four brothers, Laferrell Barnes of Germany, Phillip Allen Barnes of Waycross, Noel Matthew Barnes of Douglas and Randy McLeod of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; four sisters, Ida Burkhalter of Lakeland, Mary Frances Miller of Waycross, Joann Ray of Hoboken and Patsy Bond of Waycross; twelve grandchildren, James Larry Barnes, Jr., Stephen Bruner, Amber Burner, Samantha Bruner, Talmadge Jaye Adams, Austin Lee Adams, Nicholas Hand, Maranda Ulloa, Bernardo Rodriguez, Dakota Rodriguez, Courtney Adams and Jordan Adams; two step grandchldren, Frances Danielle Phillips and Jessica Ann Phillips; and two step great grandchildren.