Joe passed away gently September 5, 2023 succumbing to Parkinson’s. He was born to Minyard Barnett and Lottie Cason Barnett October 7, 1943 in Nevada, Missouri.

His father was an evangelical Baptist preacher. They moved to Eureka when Joe was eight years old.

He was a hard worker. As a young kid, he started with a paper route and then advanced to obtain a commercial fishing license working on The Dory. At 16 he also started as a food clerk at Purity market. He worked 44 years in the grocery industry, mainly for Safeway, where he retired as the manager of the McKinleyville store. He spent most of his vacation time hunting, camping and commercial fishing, having purchased a vessel himself, the TJ, named after his kids.

Joe married Waletta Haywood in 1961 and had two children, Tina Marie Barnett (Anaya) and Joseph James Barnett Jr.

Later in life he married Margie Carol and they retired together in 2003, allowing them to spend more time with family and friends hunting, fishing and cutting lots of firewood.

Joe truly enjoyed spending time with his co-workers and friends. They were very dear to him. They and his family will miss him very much.

He has left behind his wife, Margie Carol and Tina Anaya, Joseph Barnett Jr., Tosha Martins-Bowling, Amber Guerrero, Carolyn Barnett, Cassandra Barnett, Jesse Bowling. His great-grandkids are Kaylee, Carson, Taven, AJ, Scarlett, Aaron.

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