Mozella

Barnes

Mozella Barnes was born February 14, 1949, to the late Thomas Lee Bledsoe and Hattie Mae Bledsoe.

She attended school in Crossett, Arkansas. Mozella later went back and got her GED at Coahoma Community College.

She joined church at very young age. She later became a member of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, Thomas and Hattie Bledsoe; her husband, Robert Barnes, Sr.; daughter, Charita Chantal Barnes; and her sister, Pearley M. Leigh.

She leaves to cherish her memories: six children, Sandra Wells of Charleston, Retha Sneed of Jackson, Ruth Bledsoe Johnson of Charleston, Kevin Bledsoe of Charleston, Tina Bledsoe of Memphis, TN, and Robert Barnes, Jr. (Lashonda) of Jackson, MS; two sisters, Pauline B. McDale of Clarkdale, MS, and Betty Joe Bledsoe of Chicago, IL; two brothers, Thomas E. Bledsoe, Jr., of Arlington, TX, and Timothy J. Bledsoe of Chicago, IL; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.