Billy Barnhardt Obituary

Mr. Billy Joe Barnhardt, Sr., 84, of Kannapolis passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019, at his residence. A graveside service service is scheduled for 11:00 am Thursday, June 6, 2019, at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. Deacon Marshall Childers will officiate. Mr. Barnhardt was born September 8, 1934 in Rowan County. He was a son of the late R.S. Barnhardt and Julia Freeze Barnhardt.

He loved fishing, hunting, lifting weights and playing bingo. He was a veteran of the US Navy and had retired from McClane Trucking Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Belle Barnhardt; and a daughter, Mary Louise Barnhardt; . Mr. Barnhardt is survived by two sons, Billy Joe Barnhardt, Jr. and Larry Scott Barnhardt; two daughters, Julia Cantrell and Tina Shrack; two brothers, Bobby Barnhardt and John David Barnhardt; two granddaughters, Beverly Pryor and Erika Thrift; and a grandson, Jacob Cantrell.