Preferring his middle name, Clarence was born in Montrose, Colorado and was the 6th of 8 children of George R. Barnes and Rosie E. (Kincaid) Barnes.
Clarence married Jessie Vivian Oldham. They had 4 children; Fay, George, Carol and Donna.
In 1930, Clarence, Jessie and daughter Faye were living in Boone County, Arkansas where Clarence was working as a laborer doing roadwork. (1930 Federal Census)
Clarence worked in construction much of his life, also building their beautiful home on LaSalle Road just outside Montrose. This house is built at 90 degree angle to LaSalle Road, allowing a great front view of the mountains from the large picture window in the living room. This room had a large fireplace.
As for hobbies, he enjoyed deer and elk hunting, fishing, and bowling. A good bowler, Clarence had a few of his trophies on display.
In the 1960's Clarence's brother Harry, his son Gene and others would come from Wichita to hunt deer and elk in Colorado with Clarence. They really looked forward to these trips. On one such trip Gene said Clarence drove a Datsun 4-wheel drive small truck and mentioned how straight Clarence stood and how easily Clarence could walk up the steep trails. A 1965 Colorado big game hunting license purchased by Harry Barnes has survived showing that he bought a nonresident deer license for $40.00. Others who made these trips from Wichita included Bob (or Rex) Lee from Lawrence Lumber Co. and Harry's son-in-law, Scott Daymond. Gene said they once found bear tracks and Scott said he spotted a black bear but chose not to take a shot. Gene said he'd shot two mule deer and a large elk calf on these trips.
Both Clarence and Jessie enjoyed traveling, having visited several western national parks.
Jessie was very well known as a cook and seamstress. In later years Jessie owned and operated a craft shop and later Clarence and Jessie ran their own fabric shop, also located in Montrose.
It was easy to tell that Clarence was a person who really enjoyed people as he spoke and related easily with me and my teenage brothers when we visited them at their home in 1979, not an easy thing to do considering there was such a gap in our ages. He mentioned that he and Jessie had been seeing some new movies at the local theater and had enjoyed them. And he was always a gentleman. Clarence made a comment that has always stuck with me. After hearing some of us talking about how tall a certain basketball player was, Clarence said (as an interesting comment, not as a lecture) that if being tall was all it took, he would never have amounted to anything. At that time Clarence and Jessie were driving what I believe was a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood. We went out to dinner and some of us got to ride in that huge car that Clarence said was the only car he'd ever driven that was so powerful that it could go up those mountain highways with ease. In 1999, Gene, Vada and Larry Barnes returned to visit Clarence and Jessie's daughter Carol who had purchased her parent's home. We visited Jessie who was living in a Montrose area care home. Carol still had her parent's 1980 Cadillac which she offered me (Larry) to drive her into town. You bet I took the offer to drive that big machine!
On the 1979 trip Clarence gave my mother (Vada) what he called a raintree, some type of a locust tree. The tree was planted in the center of my parent's (Vada and Gene Barnes) front yard in Wichita and was a living reminder of Clarence and Jessie and what really wonderful people they were. (Larry E. Barnes, son of Gene and Vada Barnes, grandson of E. Harry and Mary Barnes.)
Clarence married Jessie Vivian Oldham. They had 4 children; Fay, George, Carol and Donna.
In 1930, Clarence, Jessie and daughter Faye were living in Boone County, Arkansas where Clarence was working as a laborer doing roadwork. (1930 Federal Census)
Clarence worked in construction much of his life, also building their beautiful home on LaSalle Road just outside Montrose. This house is built at 90 degree angle to LaSalle Road, allowing a great front view of the mountains from the large picture window in the living room. This room had a large fireplace.
As for hobbies, he enjoyed deer and elk hunting, fishing, and bowling. A good bowler, Clarence had a few of his trophies on display.
In the 1960's Clarence's brother Harry, his son Gene and others would come from Wichita to hunt deer and elk in Colorado with Clarence. They really looked forward to these trips. On one such trip Gene said Clarence drove a Datsun 4-wheel drive small truck and mentioned how straight Clarence stood and how easily Clarence could walk up the steep trails. A 1965 Colorado big game hunting license purchased by Harry Barnes has survived showing that he bought a nonresident deer license for $40.00. Others who made these trips from Wichita included Bob (or Rex) Lee from Lawrence Lumber Co. and Harry's son-in-law, Scott Daymond. Gene said they once found bear tracks and Scott said he spotted a black bear but chose not to take a shot. Gene said he'd shot two mule deer and a large elk calf on these trips.
Both Clarence and Jessie enjoyed traveling, having visited several western national parks.
Jessie was very well known as a cook and seamstress. In later years Jessie owned and operated a craft shop and later Clarence and Jessie ran their own fabric shop, also located in Montrose.
It was easy to tell that Clarence was a person who really enjoyed people as he spoke and related easily with me and my teenage brothers when we visited them at their home in 1979, not an easy thing to do considering there was such a gap in our ages. He mentioned that he and Jessie had been seeing some new movies at the local theater and had enjoyed them. And he was always a gentleman. Clarence made a comment that has always stuck with me. After hearing some of us talking about how tall a certain basketball player was, Clarence said (as an interesting comment, not as a lecture) that if being tall was all it took, he would never have amounted to anything. At that time Clarence and Jessie were driving what I believe was a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood. We went out to dinner and some of us got to ride in that huge car that Clarence said was the only car he'd ever driven that was so powerful that it could go up those mountain highways with ease. In 1999, Gene, Vada and Larry Barnes returned to visit Clarence and Jessie's daughter Carol who had purchased her parent's home. We visited Jessie who was living in a Montrose area care home. Carol still had her parent's 1980 Cadillac which she offered me (Larry) to drive her into town. You bet I took the offer to drive that big machine!
On the 1979 trip Clarence gave my mother (Vada) what he called a raintree, some type of a locust tree. The tree was planted in the center of my parent's (Vada and Gene Barnes) front yard in Wichita and was a living reminder of Clarence and Jessie and what really wonderful people they were. (Larry E. Barnes, son of Gene and Vada Barnes, grandson of E. Harry and Mary Barnes.)
Preferring his middle name, Clarence was born in Montrose, Colorado and was the 6th of 8 children of George R. Barnes and Rosie E. (Kincaid) Barnes.
Clarence married Jessie Vivian Oldham. They had 4 children; Fay, George, Carol and Donna.
In 1930, Clarence, Jessie and daughter Faye were living in Boone County, Arkansas where Clarence was working as a laborer doing roadwork. (1930 Federal Census)
Clarence worked in construction much of his life, also building their beautiful home on LaSalle Road just outside Montrose. This house is built at 90 degree angle to LaSalle Road, allowing a great front view of the mountains from the large picture window in the living room. This room had a large fireplace.
As for hobbies, he enjoyed deer and elk hunting, fishing, and bowling. A good bowler, Clarence had a few of his trophies on display.
In the 1960's Clarence's brother Harry, his son Gene and others would come from Wichita to hunt deer and elk in Colorado with Clarence. They really looked forward to these trips. On one such trip Gene said Clarence drove a Datsun 4-wheel drive small truck and mentioned how straight Clarence stood and how easily Clarence could walk up the steep trails. A 1965 Colorado big game hunting license purchased by Harry Barnes has survived showing that he bought a nonresident deer license for $40.00. Others who made these trips from Wichita included Bob (or Rex) Lee from Lawrence Lumber Co. and Harry's son-in-law, Scott Daymond. Gene said they once found bear tracks and Scott said he spotted a black bear but chose not to take a shot. Gene said he'd shot two mule deer and a large elk calf on these trips.
Both Clarence and Jessie enjoyed traveling, having visited several western national parks.
Jessie was very well known as a cook and seamstress. In later years Jessie owned and operated a craft shop and later Clarence and Jessie ran their own fabric shop, also located in Montrose.
It was easy to tell that Clarence was a person who really enjoyed people as he spoke and related easily with me and my teenage brothers when we visited them at their home in 1979, not an easy thing to do considering there was such a gap in our ages. He mentioned that he and Jessie had been seeing some new movies at the local theater and had enjoyed them. And he was always a gentleman. Clarence made a comment that has always stuck with me. After hearing some of us talking about how tall a certain basketball player was, Clarence said (as an interesting comment, not as a lecture) that if being tall was all it took, he would never have amounted to anything. At that time Clarence and Jessie were driving what I believe was a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood. We went out to dinner and some of us got to ride in that huge car that Clarence said was the only car he'd ever driven that was so powerful that it could go up those mountain highways with ease. In 1999, Gene, Vada and Larry Barnes returned to visit Clarence and Jessie's daughter Carol who had purchased her parent's home. We visited Jessie who was living in a Montrose area care home. Carol still had her parent's 1980 Cadillac which she offered me (Larry) to drive her into town. You bet I took the offer to drive that big machine!
On the 1979 trip Clarence gave my mother (Vada) what he called a raintree, some type of a locust tree. The tree was planted in the center of my parent's (Vada and Gene Barnes) front yard in Wichita and was a living reminder of Clarence and Jessie and what really wonderful people they were. (Larry E. Barnes, son of Gene and Vada Barnes, grandson of E. Harry and Mary Barnes.)
Clarence married Jessie Vivian Oldham. They had 4 children; Fay, George, Carol and Donna.
In 1930, Clarence, Jessie and daughter Faye were living in Boone County, Arkansas where Clarence was working as a laborer doing roadwork. (1930 Federal Census)
Clarence worked in construction much of his life, also building their beautiful home on LaSalle Road just outside Montrose. This house is built at 90 degree angle to LaSalle Road, allowing a great front view of the mountains from the large picture window in the living room. This room had a large fireplace.
As for hobbies, he enjoyed deer and elk hunting, fishing, and bowling. A good bowler, Clarence had a few of his trophies on display.
In the 1960's Clarence's brother Harry, his son Gene and others would come from Wichita to hunt deer and elk in Colorado with Clarence. They really looked forward to these trips. On one such trip Gene said Clarence drove a Datsun 4-wheel drive small truck and mentioned how straight Clarence stood and how easily Clarence could walk up the steep trails. A 1965 Colorado big game hunting license purchased by Harry Barnes has survived showing that he bought a nonresident deer license for $40.00. Others who made these trips from Wichita included Bob (or Rex) Lee from Lawrence Lumber Co. and Harry's son-in-law, Scott Daymond. Gene said they once found bear tracks and Scott said he spotted a black bear but chose not to take a shot. Gene said he'd shot two mule deer and a large elk calf on these trips.
Both Clarence and Jessie enjoyed traveling, having visited several western national parks.
Jessie was very well known as a cook and seamstress. In later years Jessie owned and operated a craft shop and later Clarence and Jessie ran their own fabric shop, also located in Montrose.
It was easy to tell that Clarence was a person who really enjoyed people as he spoke and related easily with me and my teenage brothers when we visited them at their home in 1979, not an easy thing to do considering there was such a gap in our ages. He mentioned that he and Jessie had been seeing some new movies at the local theater and had enjoyed them. And he was always a gentleman. Clarence made a comment that has always stuck with me. After hearing some of us talking about how tall a certain basketball player was, Clarence said (as an interesting comment, not as a lecture) that if being tall was all it took, he would never have amounted to anything. At that time Clarence and Jessie were driving what I believe was a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood. We went out to dinner and some of us got to ride in that huge car that Clarence said was the only car he'd ever driven that was so powerful that it could go up those mountain highways with ease. In 1999, Gene, Vada and Larry Barnes returned to visit Clarence and Jessie's daughter Carol who had purchased her parent's home. We visited Jessie who was living in a Montrose area care home. Carol still had her parent's 1980 Cadillac which she offered me (Larry) to drive her into town. You bet I took the offer to drive that big machine!
On the 1979 trip Clarence gave my mother (Vada) what he called a raintree, some type of a locust tree. The tree was planted in the center of my parent's (Vada and Gene Barnes) front yard in Wichita and was a living reminder of Clarence and Jessie and what really wonderful people they were. (Larry E. Barnes, son of Gene and Vada Barnes, grandson of E. Harry and Mary Barnes.)
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