Memorial services honoring the life of Dwain "Bob" Presley Barney, 72, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall St., Shreveport, Louisiana. A visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. until time of service. Officiating the service will be Tom Brown.
Bob was born on October 26, 1948 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Charles J. Barney and Ina Hope Williams Barney and entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
Bob studied Advertising Design for two years at North Western University. He served in the United States Air Force for a short period of time and retired as Staff Sargent Combat Medic for the United States Army. Bob was the former owner and President at Alpha Connection Answering Service. Bob's hobbies included drawing, painting, creating digital art, taking long motorcycle trips and piloting. Bob was a very talented musician and loved to sing and play the guitar and keyboard. Bob can be most remembered as a funny and generous husband, father and sibling. He enjoyed helping anyone he could. He loved his friends and they loved him.
Bob is preceded in death by his parents and his son, Robert Barney. He is survived by his wife, Joy Germones; his sons, Eric Barney and Apollo Barney; his step-mother, Mary Vezina; his brother, James Oakerson and his sister, Chantal Barney.