Obituary

On Wednesday March 14, 1945, a light drizzling fogged day, a beautiful baby girl was born to Jackson James and Bronnie Lee (Wiley) Edwards. They named her Eva Mae after an old friend and midwife. She was the seventh child. At an early age she loved to play jacks and double dutch jump rope with her siblings and neighborhood kids.

She joined church at an early age and was baptized under the leadership of Reverend L.H. Moore at Harlinville Baptist Church in Bristow, Oklahoma. She attended school at Rosewald Elementary, Lincoln Jr. High, and later Bristow High School in Bristow, Oklahoma. She later moved to Tulsa and joined Shiloh Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend H.D. Morris, Reverend Melvin Bailey and Pastor Bell.

She was the first ninth grader at Marion Anderson Jr High. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1963. After graduating, she worked for the health department and retired from Alorica Company in 2008.

She cherished her three sons and one daughter; Winston R. Barnes Jr, Wayne T. Barnes, Claude E. Barnes, and Carolyn A. Barnes by Winston R. Barnes, Sr.

She later met and married John D. Brown in 1981. To that union, one child was born, they named him Juan D. Brown.

She leaves to cherish her memories, of the home, her husband John D. Brown, four sons; Winston R. Barnes Jr, Wayne T. Barnes, Claude E. Barnes, and Juan D. Brown. Two brothers; Clarence (Christ Ella) Edwards and Harry (Regina) Edwards. One sister, Linda L. Hill-Burden. One brother in law, Augustus Brown, one sister in law, Gertrude Brown. Along with a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends.

Preceding her in death are her parents Jackson James and Bronnie Lee Edwards, her daughter Carolyn A. Barnes, daughter in law, Ronetta Barnes, sister, Orene O. Patrick, and her brothers; Clifton, Jack, James, Ernest, and Claude Edwards.

Visitation will be held on Friday, February 21, 2025, from 1pm-5pm at Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home.

The service will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 1pm at Shiloh Baptist Church.