Barney F. Timmons

Graveside services for Dr. Barney Foreman Timmons, nearly 90, will be held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Magnolia Cemetery. A memorial service to honor his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at Southminster Retirement Community, 8919 Park Road, Charlotte, NC. Dr. Barney Foreman Timmons died in the early morning of Saturday August 28, 2010. Born in Florence County, SC, on September 9, 1920, he was a son of the late George Leland and Warner Hair Timmons. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 104 East Home Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550 or Southminster Retirement Community, 8919 Park Road, Charlotte, NC. He was a member of First Baptist Church and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. Even though he spent his last 12 years in Charlotte, NC, surrounded by his loving family, he loved to reminisce about his youth, family life and career in Hartsville, his beloved hometown. Our thanks go to Anniel Lorig and also to the staff of Southminster for their loving care. Dr. Timmons graduated from University of South Carolina with a BS degree in Pharmacy. He then received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in 1945. He served his internship at Jersey City Medical Center in 1945-1946 and then entered the Army Medical Corps and served in Korea for two years. He took residency training in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat at Duke University Medical Center in 1949-1952 and was an instructor in 1963 in the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke Medical School. He met his wife Jane, a social worker, at Duke. He entered private practice in Hartsville in 1954, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Timmons had served as Chief of Staff at Byerly Hospital, was a past president of the United Way of Hartsville, and had been active with the Red Cross and Kiwanis Club. He enjoyed his friends at the Second Thursday Club and his golfing buddies. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Jane Lovelace Timmons of Charlotte, NC; daughters and sons-in-law, Martha Timmons (Thomas Michael) Fedell of Charlotte, NC, Janie Timmons (Dr. Gary Lachman) Levinson of Charlotte, NC; sister-in-law, Sarah C. Timmons of Hartsville, SC; grandsons, Ryan Fedell of Charlotte, NC, Jason Fedell of Arlington, VA, Robert Fedell of Charlotte, NC; step-grandsons and spouse, Jack (Alison) Levinson of Charlotte, NC, Stuart (Jennifer) Levinson of Boston, MA, Eric Levinson of Charlotte, NC. His brothers, Dr. George L. Timmons and Christian L. Timmons, preceded him in death.

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Barney F. Timmons

September 9, 1920 - August 28, 2010