Thursday, August 31st, 1933 - Saturday, December 10th, 2022
A celebration of life for Wilene Barnes will be held on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 2:00pm at Ladusau Evans Funeral Home Chapel with Ray Rose officiating. Burial will be at Enid Memorial Park cemetery.
Margaret Sally Wilene (Hardwick) Barnes, but don’t call her Margaret, 89 of Enid, OK was born in Calvin, OK on August 31, 1933 and passed away at her home in Enid on December 10, 2022. She was the youngest daughter of Frank L & Arlie (Cox) Hardwick. She had a brother Frank L. (Sonny) Hardwick and a sister Katherine (Hardwick) Wardlow Morris. She graduated from Calvin High School in 1952. She moved to Enid to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone company as an operator. It was in Enid that she met Gene Root. They were married in 1955 and had a son, Eddy Dale Root. Her career took her to Altus where she met another SWB employee Johnnie Salmon and they became lifelong friends. She moved to Lawton and then to Bethany where she retired after 32 years of service.
Along the way she met and married Don Barnes. They raised horses and had a very large garden every year until he passed away in 1993. She moved to Enid in 1995 to be closer to her grandchildren. Over the next several years she went from being grandma to 5 to being GG to 10 great grandchildren. She spent her early retirement years bowling, attending grandchildren’s events, being a chauffeur for them and picking peas and green beans out of Bryan’s sirloin burger soup. She also loved to travel and made it to all 50 states and Canada. In later years she enjoyed playing any and all possible card and domino games with her many friends. She never failed to make sure we always had plenty of desserts at all the family gatherings.
She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings and both husbands. She will be greatly missed by her son, Eddy Dale and wife Susan, Angi (LaRue) Root, grandchildren: Brandi and husband Tim Price, Jessica and husband Josh Pitts, Bryan and wife Caitlyn Root, Megan and husband Jeff Pickens, Greg and wife Jenni Pekrul, great grandchildren Abbigayle, Jeremiah and Noah Price, Jadyn, Emma, Adyson and Ethan Pitts, Danny Pembrook and Carter Root and Rylynn Pekrul.
The family requests memorials be made to the Enid SPCA with Ladusau-Evans as the custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.LadusauEvans.com. Ladusau-Evans has been serving the families of the Enid Community and surrounding areas for over 40 years with compassionate service and dedication. They provide families with an open door policy. Feel free to contact them 24 hours a day. Visitation Hours: 8:00 am – 9:00 pm daily, 2800 N. Van Buren, Enid, OK 73703. Call: (580) 233-1400.
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