01/07/2026
Please join the staff at Edwards Funeral Home as we offer our sincerest condolences to the family of Carolyn Jean Lindsey Barnes (82), of Aurora, CO, formerly of Elm City, NC who passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2025, in Aurora. Mrs. Barnes’ funeral will take place on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 12 noon at Lowry Community Christian Church, 855 Yosemite St., Denver, CO. Burial will follow at Fort Logan National Cemetery, 4400 W Kenyon Ave., Denver, CO 80236.
Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Catherine White Lindsey; her husband, CWO-Ret. Johnnie Clifton Barnes (formerly of Wilson, NC and graduate of Charles H. Darden High School), Wilson, NC; her son, Jerry Wayne Barnes; and her brother, Franklin Maurice Lindsey, Sr.
She is survived by one, son Derryl Keith Barnes (Sharon) of Aurora, CO; two daughters, Kimberly Barnes of Aurora, CO and Katrina Barnes of the home; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, all of Aurora; four sisters, Bettye Lindsey Tyson (Hubert) of Stantonsburg, NC, Evelyn Lindsey Lucas and Judy Faye Lindsey Taybron (Lester) of Wilson, NC, and Eunice Irene Lindsey of Elm City, NC; one brother, Robert Putney Lindsey (Pamela) of Elm City, NC, one uncle, Fred Douglas White (Thelma) of Durham, NC, several nieces and nephews, and a host of other relative and friends.
Jean began employment at Samson Manufacturing Company, Wilson, NC; Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, Elm City, NC; and retired from Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in February of 2014, where she worked in Human Resources in the Surgeon General’s office in Aurora, CO. Jean enjoyed laughing, dancing, making porcelain dolls, and bowling when her husband was alive. In fact, they were a part of a bowling league. She loved music and sang in the choir at Chapel 1 on Lowry AFB and was on the very first music album the choir completed and released. She was a member of Restoration Christian Fellowship in Aurora, CO. She loved gardening and kept a garden plot on the military base until she and her husband built her one in their back yard. She would always invite people to stop by and get some greens (to cook and clean themselves). She loved to cook and was also a top-notch beautician. She fixed her sister’s hair as well as people in the community before she married and moved away. In her later years, she loved to travel back to NC with her daughter Katrina to attend her high school alumni functions, family reunions, and to be surrounded by family and friends. She was a 1960 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Taylor Funeral Home & Cremations, Aurora, CO. Please direct condolences to Taylor Funeral Home & Cremations at 15057 E. Colfax Ave. STEH, Aurora CO 80011 or https://taylormortuary.com/tribute/details .
You may also direct condolences to edwardscares.com or fax 252-206-1262.
