Angela Margaret Haeger Barnes, 89, was born on July 7, 1935, in Florence, Alabama. She peacefully entered her eternal home in heaven on April 24, 2025, with family at her side.
Angie grew up in the St. Florian community and was an active part of the St. Michael’s Catholic Church. She was a 1953 graduate of Coffee High School. After high school she began working at Walgreens Drug Store where she met her husband, Martin Barnes, whom she married in 1955. Angie was a dedicated Christian servant, a faithful wife, and a devoted mother and grandmother.
Angie publicly professed her faith in Jesus and became a member of York Terrace Baptist Church (now York Bluff Baptist Church) in 1963. She worked devotedly in the church nursery for over fifty years, serving much of the time as the nursery coordinator. She served many years as the church hostess, as the Sunday School secretary, on the benevolence committee, in the adult choir, and early on as the girls’ softball coach. She hosted the monthly Woman’s Missionary Union meetings at her home for several years. She, also, enjoyed worshipping at Fern Creek Baptist Church and participating in senior adult trips and activities while in Louisville.
Angie loved the outdoors, especially taking care of flowers and birds. She greatly enjoyed family vacations and her trips to the beach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Miller Barnes, Sr,; parents, Louis Casper and Mary Bernardina Kobus Haeger; brothers, Andrew Haeger, Conrad Haeger, Norman Haeger, and Paul Haeger; sisters, Leona Blackburn, Marie Nyberg, and Lavine Gresham.
She is survived by six children, Rev. Linda Barnes Popham (George), Dr. Marty Barnes (Sheree), Tommy Barnes (Alicia), Margaret Ann “Gigi” Davis (James “Brudgie”), Donnie Barnes (Joan), and Steven Barnes (Suzanne); 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren with one on the way; two sisters, Louise Richards and Lucy Dassow (Elk Grove, Illinois); many nieces, nephews, and extended family members.
Visitation is Friday, May 2, 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, 825 North Main Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674.
The Celebration of Life will be on Saturday, May 3, 11:00 a.m., at York Bluff Baptist Church, 301 Atlanta Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama 35660. Officiants will be Rev. Norman Simmons, Rev. Daniel Davis, Rev. Gervacio Figueroa, and Rev. Linda Barnes Popham. The interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery. After the burial, friends are invited to join the family for lunch at The Red Clay Table / Logan Room (307 North Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama 35660).
Memorial gifts are suggested in memory of Angie Barnes to any of the following:
• CaringPlace of the Shoals (216 South Marengo Street, Suite I, Florence, Alabama 35630)
• Compassus Living Foundation (503 North Euclid Avenue, Suite 9E, Bay City, Michigan 48706)
• Fern Creek Baptist Church – 5912 Renovation Fund (5920 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40291
• York Bluff Baptist Church – Nursery Fund (301 Atlanta Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama 35660)
