Eva Barnette

September 18, 1922 - December 7, 2016

Big Stone Gap, Va. Eva Barnette, 94, of the Crackers Neck Community, passed away at her home on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. She is preceded in death by her husband, Bige Barnette; daughter, Janice Barnette Lee; and grandson, Jimmy Ray Swiney. Surviving are her son, Doug Barnette; daughter, Sheila “Shob” Swiney; grandchildren, Patty Nauss, Christy Lee, Kevin Brooks and wife, Lyndsay, Dougie Barnette and Kim Barnette, all of Big Stone Gap; great grandchildren, John Lee and wife, Jessica of Simpsonville, KY, Alex “Peanut” Lee, Devin Brooks, Aidan Brooks, Courtney Brooks, Mikey Barnette, Jimmy Barnette and Hunter Cortez, all of Big Stone Gap; and several great-great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Graveside committal services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Barker Cemetery, Crackers Neck Community. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home by 1:30 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will serve as pallbearers. To view the obituary online and offer condolences, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is serving the Barnette family.