Janie D. Barnes, public schools educator
Janie D. Barnes, a retired veteran city public schools educator and world traveler, died Friday of aspiration at her Joppa home.
She was 68.
The daughter of Linwood Dabney Sr., a Crown Cork & Seal worker, and Anna Dabney, who owned and operated a Canton snowball stand, Janie Pauline Dabney was born in Baltimore and raised on O’Donnell Street in Canton.
She was a 1968 graduate of Patterson High School and attended American University in Washington for a year before transferring to what is now Towson University, from which she earned a bachelor’s degree in reading education and a master’s degree in education.
Mrs. Barnes began her teaching career at St. Brigid’s parochial school in Canton before joining the city’s public schools, where she was a teacher, a reading specialist and finally a principal.
At her retirement in 2005, she was principal of Woodholme Elementary/Middle School on Moyer Avenue.
A world traveler, Mrs. Barnes had recently visited Iceland, and a highlight of her travels were two pilgrimages she made to the Holy Land, family members said.
She enjoyed reading and Sunday family dinners.
Her husband of 48 years, Tony Dean Barnes, who retired as principal of Hamilton Elementary School, died in 2015.
She was a member of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 622 Joppa Farm Road, Joppatowne, where a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 5.
Mrs. Barnes is survived by a son, Jason Barnes of Havre de Grace; three daughters, Kristin White Barnes and Ashley Barnes Andrews, both of Joppa, and Amanda Barnes Stevens of Pasadena; two sisters, Carolyn Davis of Joppa and Kathleen Furlong of Edgewood; and five grandchildren.
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