Fred Celestine Barnhardt

Fred C Barnhardt, 92, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at SECU Hospice House of Brunswick County. He was a lifelong resident of the Rimer Community. Mr. Barnhardt was born July 16, 1923, in Cabarrus County to the late Floyd A. & Nellie Stiwalt Barnhardt. He was also preceded in death by his wife, LuEllen Drye Barnhardt, brothers, Floyd Jr., Leo, Ben, & Don & sisters, Pratt, Sarah & Lorraine. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church & took his faith very seriously.
Survivors include his daughters, Linda Grandy & husband Douglas of Ocean Isle Beach, NC, and Cathy Clinard & husband Danny of Myrtle Beach, SC; brother, Hugh of Baltimore, MD.; grandchildren Todd Gregory, Tami Mullis, Tiffany Larson, and Brandy Gamboa; great grand children, Joshua Gregory, Johnathan & Anna Whittington, Lauran Cupp, A.J & Matthew Gamboa, & Victoria Larson; and great greart grandsons, J.J. & Kaeson.
Visitation will be from 10 am until 11 am at St James Catholic Church with a Funeral Mass following at 11am Monday, May 2. Burial will follow at the church cemetery on Gold Hill Rd.
Wilkinson Funeral Home is serving the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House of Brunswick, 955 Mercy Lane SE, Bolivia, NC 28422