Mr. Henson Perrymore Barnes

Mr.. Henson Perrymoore Barnes of Raleigh, formerly of Goldsboro and White Lake, died on November 22, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was born November 18, 1934 to Lalon L. Barnes, Sr. and Mable Cumbee Barnes of Bladen County, NC. Barnes is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1961.

Barnes was the founding member of the law firm of Haithcock, Barfield, Hulse & Kinsey, PLLC in Goldsboro. He served the Goldsboro and Wayne County community in many civic capacities before being elected to the NC House of Representatives in 1974. In 1976 Barnes was elected to the NC Senate, and represented Wayne and Greene Counties in the Senate until 1992. From 1988 until 1992 Barnes served as the President Pro Tempore for the North Carolina Senate. While in the Senate Barnes sponsored bills that expanded the number of parks under the NC Division of Parks and Recreation, increased the pay of Public School teachers, and provided for Interstate I-795 in Wayne and W

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