Funeral services for Hardis Latrel Barnes, 62, of Dallas, TX formerly of Natchez, MS will be held Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:30am from the Melrose Church of Christ in Natchez with Brother Michael Hoggatt officiating. Arrangements of under the directions of Sacred Funeral Home of Dallas, TX and Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday, LA.
Burial will be held Monday, February 6, 2017 at 11:00am at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez.

Mr. Barnes, son of Henry Lewis Barnes, Sr. and Dora Barnes was born in Natchez and died at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Dallas following a long illness.

He was affectionately known to his family as "Mickey" and to others as Joe Snail and Mississippi. He accepted Christ at an early age and attended Melrose Church of Christ in Natchez before moving to Dallas where he became a member of Central Pointe Church of Christ in Dallas under the leadership of Rodney Dulin until his passing.

Hardis was a Class of '72 graduate of South Natchez High School . Upon his completion of high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy, earning an honorable discharge. He furthered his education at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Natchez and Jackson State University in Jackson, MS.

He moved back to Dallas and was employed at Sherman Williams and in 2016 he began a career with Kraft Foods.

Mickey was a family man and had a kind, caring and loving personality which enlarged his circle of friends. To know him was to love him. No one was a stranger to him. Everyone that knew him, loved him. He will be greatly missed.