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Page 2 December 2020 Staff reports Tipton County Tribune Jack L. Barnes, 85, of Elwood, passed away unexpectedly at home Oct. 3 following a brief illness. He was proud to be a lifelong resident of Elwood and an enthu- siastic supporter of the commu- nity. Family and com- munity were his priorities. Jack loved Elwood. He knew pretty much every- body in town and could tell you where they lived and who they were related to. The son of Ray F. and Mary E. (Staker) Barnes, Jack was born May 5, 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Barnes family moved to Elwood from Pampa, Texas in December 1940, a month or so after a Life Magazine photogra- pher snapped the famous photo of Wendell Willkie, right in front of the current Call-Leader offices. Jack attended Elwood High School, and although he graduat- ed from Culver Military Academy in 1953, he took enormous joy in celebrating many reunions with his Elwood classmates. He stud- ied at DePauw University, as well as Ohio University in Athens. He served stateside in the U.S. Army in the late 1950s and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri and Ft. Lee, Virginia. After serving apprenticeships at papers in Portland, Indiana and Alamosa, Colorado, he returned home to assume day to day management of the Elwood Call-Leader in 1963, where he was President and Publisher, and worked his entire career. He liked to say his career in newspapers started as a young boy passing papers, and he claimed to have passed every paper route in Elwood at one point or another. He was smitten by Judith K (Barber) Barnes, when she was a nursing student at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, and after a brief courtship they were mar- ried at First Methodist Church in Elwood September 21, 1963. They were married 57 years and were never apart the last several years. Jack later orchestrated the purchases of the Tipton County Tribune and the Alexandria Times-Tribune. He and his wife Judy accepted the Centennial Award in 1993 from then-Gover- nor Frank O'Bannon, recognizing the Call-Leader for 100 years in business. He was a community leader and was very active throughout the years in the Masonic Lodge, Elwood Elks, Elwood Country Club, United Way, St Vincent Mercy Hospital Foundation, Red Cross, Hoosier State Press Association and Inland Press Association. He and Judy received the Soaring Dove Award from the St. Vincent Mercy Hospital Foundation for their generosity. His life revolved around family and the family business, and in earlier years, this meant family vacations throughout the Midwest, Reds games, Kings Island, Barnes and Staker family reunions in southeastern Ohio, spring break in Arizona with Ray and Ruth Barnes and newspaper meetings. He loved the 500, the Colts, Friday Night League at the Country Club and occasional vacations in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he and Judy were still able. A long-suffering Cubs fan, he lived to see the Cubs win their first World Series in over a century. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, his step-mother, Ruth (Squier) Barnes, his mother- in-law, Rebecca "Becky" Barber, his father-in-law, Everett Barber, his brother, Charles G (Chuck) Barnes, who also grew up in Elwood and former sister-in-law, ElVena Barnes. He is survived by his wife, Judy, by three children Anne Bennett, and husband Jeff of Elwood, Scott Barnes, and hus- band Terrence of Indianapolis, and Brian Barnes, and wife Debra of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; three grandchildren, Alex Barnes of Charleston, South Carolina, Lauren Bennett cur- rently studying at Purdue and Jack Bennett currently studying at Ancilla College. Funeral services were Oct. 10, 2020, at Dunnichay Funeral Home. Donation may be made to either the St. Vincent Mercy Hospital Foundation or the Elwood Chamber of Commerce. Jack was a great friend to so many in this community and beyond, and nobody who knew him will soon forget him or all the great memories. He will be dearly, dearly missed. Elwood Publishing owner Jack Barnes dies at 85 Barnes Looking for an employee? Post your open positions at www.hspa.com/jobs/post-a-job/ or email info to sgoldsby@hspa.com. Your job listing will appear online and in the Indiana Publisher's job listing. HSPA Foundation Board Members Nancy Grossman, Leader Publishing Gillian Kelk, Sullivan Daily Times Brenda McLane, Hometown Media Group Mark Miller,e News-Banner (Bluon) Greg Perrotto, Kankakee Valley Publishing Kathy Tretter, Ferdinand News and Spencer County Leader (Rockport) HSPA Board Members Bill Connelly, LaGrange Publishing Co. Bud Hunt, AIM Media Indiana Curt Kovener, e Crothersville Times Justin Rumbach, e Herald (Jasper) Robert Shegog, Indianapolis Recorder Scott Stanford, Fort Wayne Newspapers Chris White, e Times Media Co. 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