Twayna J. BARNES

Twayna 19 Nov 1976 - 16 Feb 2008 obituary

Marriage: 27 Jul 2007

Twayna J (Reynolds) Barnes the wife of Lynn Barnes. Twayna J (Reynolds) Barnes the daughter of Loy Reynolds and Mozel Reynolds Frakes.

Twayna J. Barnes

Twayna J. Barnes, 31, of Alicia, died Feb. 16, 2008, in an automobile accident near Swifton.

Born Nov. 19, 1976, she was a homemaker and was a member of the Alicia Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Robbin Burgett.

Survivors include her husband, Lynn Barnes, whom she married July 27, 2007; two daughters, Destiny Dawn Smith and Robbin Nicole Simmons, both of the home; a stepdaughter, Magen Nicole Smith, Walnut Ridge; two stepsons, Jeremy Shane Barnes and Justin Matthew Barnes, both of Monette; her mother, Mozel Frakes and husband John, Alicia; her father, Loy Reynolds, Springdale; and three brothers, Tommy Burgett and Brandon Burgett, both of Alicia, and Scotty Burgett, Hartsell, Ala.

Funeral was Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Alicia Baptist Church with Bro. Monroe Baldwin officiating. Burial was in Strangers Home Cemetery under the direction of Bryan Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Brandon Burgett, Scotty Burgett, Shane Barnes, Justin Barnes, Greg Tennison and K.L. Williams. Honorary pallbearers were George Fillmore and Newman Kimbrough.

Obituary provided courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County published 20 Feb 2008.

Alicia woman dies in accident
A two-vehicle accident in the early morning hours on Saturday resulted in the death of an Alicia woman, according to Trooper Ronald Laso of the Arkansas State Police.
Twayna Barnes, 31, was killed at approximately 2:35 a.m. when the 1990 Chevrolet she was driving northbound on Highway 67 crossed the centerline and hit a southbound semi truck head on.

According to the report, the accident occurred 1.3 miles north of Swifton in Jackson County.

The driver of the semi, James F. Trainer, 56, of West Chester, Ohio, was not injured.

Barnes was recognized in May of last year as a Hometown Hero by Medic One after she stopped at an accident at the intersection of Highways 230 and 91. According to an article in The TD, her actions were probably life-saving for a young Westside student named Jordan Doss.

Services for Barnes were held Tuesday afternoon at Alicia Baptist Church.

Newsprint article provided courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County published 20 Feb 2008.


And this article I thought speaks of this ladies character,
Alicia woman honored
for helping at accident

Shelly James (left) of Medic One presents a Hometown Hero plaque to Twayna Smith of Alicia for her actions following a car accident in Lawrence County on May 11.
Gretchen Hunt
Editor
When Twayna Smith of Alicia left for a revival service with her fiance, Lynn Barnes, and another couple, Arville and Sybil Taylor, also of Alicia, she had no way of knowing that her decision to make that trip that night would so greatly impact another person.

On their way home from the revival, the four came upon an accident scene at the intersection of Highways 230 and 91. A vehicle carrying five teenagers had run off the road, and at first it appeared that everyone involved was uninjured.

Smith said that when she got out of the car, four of the teens were standing up on the side of the road and said that everyone had gotten out of the car OK. She then noticed one boy, Jordan Doss, sitting on the ground.

She said she knelt down next to Doss, who was sitting upright with his head in his hands, and asked him if he was OK.

"He said he was fine; he just didn't know where all the blood was coming from," Smith said. "I sat down and laid him in my lap, and he had a huge gash in his head."

Smith then asked for a shirt to help slow the bleeding and talked to Doss until the paramedics arrived.

Shelly James of Medic One in Walnut Ridge, who responded to the accident, said Smith did everything right.

"It's very important to keep them conscious and keep them calm," James said. "Keeping them still is even more important."

James said what the teens had thought was just a bump on the head ended up being a very serious injury that could have been life-threatening.

"He ended up with a brain injury as a result of a skull fracture," James said.

Doss was airlifted from the scene by Air Evac of Jonesboro, according to Phillip Roark of the State Police, who worked the accident. The Bono and Walnut Ridge fire departments also responded, according to James.

None of the other four were injured. Doss, who is 15 and a student at Westside School, is home now.

Smith said she was alright through the whole thing, but afterwards, all she could think about was her 12-year-old daughter who will be driving soon.

"On the way home it hit me," she said. "It wasn't the blood that bothered me; it was the fact that it was a kid."

Last week, as EMS Week was being celebrated, Medic One honored Smith as a Hometown Hero. James said Medic One started the Hometown Hero program in Randolph County, and it has expanded from there.

Smith was presented with a plaque which read: "For rendering aid to a stranger as a result of a motor vehicle accident, May 11, 2007."

Smith said that in addition to the fact that they had decided to attend the revival, they were riding with the Taylors, and not traveling as fast as they might have been had they gone alone.

"We were having a leisurely drive home and talking," she said. "If we'd been by ourselves, we would have already been past that intersection when the accident occurred. I think it's a God thing."

Newsprint article provided courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County published 30 May 2007.

Contributed on 2/2/11 by nlhall
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