Dec. 30, 1954 – May 30, 2011

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Marilyn Lee Barnes, 56, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died Monday, May 30, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Arrangements were under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home in Fort Wayne.

She was preceded in death by her mother and two brothers, Charles and Levi Myles.

Survivors include two sons, Kevin Barnes and wife, Tywanna, of Natchez and Marcus Barnes of Fort Wayne; her father, the Rev. Bennie York and wife, Velma, of Fort Wayne; three brothers, Robert, Ernest and wife, Brenda, and Leroy Myles and wife, Teresa, all of Natchez; four sisters, Gloria Brooks and husband, Don, and Doris McClain, all of Washington, D.C., Barbara Robinson of Natchez and Anna Laura “Gracious” Wilson of San Pedro, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.