Edward Lee Barnette

Funeral Services for Edward L. Barnette will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at Walker Funeral Home with Pastor Ernie Bishop of Church of Christ officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home prior to the service. Ed Barnette, age 81, of Gillette, Wyoming passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Close to Home Hospice House after a short battle with cancer. Ed was born September 11, 1932 in Parma, Idaho to Lloyd and Alberta Barnette. He was raised in Unity, Oregon and graduated from Hereford High School in 1950. After high school Ed joined the United States Air Force and served from 1950 until he was honorably discharged in 1954. In May of 1954 at a dance in Durkee, Oregon, Ed met his love for life of 60 years Helen Gover. They married on August 11, 1954. They started their life together in Unity, Oregon where Ed worked in the logging industry. They later moved to Baker, Oregon where Ed and Helen started their family. Ed worked as a Lieutenant in the Baker Police Department from 1956 to 1968. In 1968, Ed started work as a Deputy Sheriff for Baker County, where he worked until 1970. From 1970 to 1973 he was the Juvenile Director for Baker County. In 1973 he followed his dream and moved his family to Saratoga, Wyoming, to once again work in the logging industry with his life-long friend Ron Holbrook. In 1974 he moved his family to Gillette and went to work for Black Hills Trucking where he worked until he retired in 1999. At Black Hills Trucking he received a Safety Award for 30 years of traveling with 1 million miles and no accidents. Ed's greatest accomplishment in his life was his family. He was a proud and honorable man. Ed was a member of the Elks Lodge # 2825 and was always helping them raise money when he could. He loved to fish, go camping, and go to Deadwood, watch his Rockies play baseball, watch old western movies, and enjoyed going to breakfast every morning at Village Inn with his wife and visit with friends. Ed is survived by his wife Helen; sons: Mike (Deanna) Barnette, Bob (Terry) Barnette, daughter; Margie (Jeff) Ketterling, all of Gillette, Wyoming; sister: Jayne Baird of Baker, Oregon; sister-in-law: Roberta Mann of Pasco, Washington; brothers-in-law: Ron (Sherryl) Gover of Solemn, Arizona; Danny (Wanda) Gover of Solemn, Arizona; cousins: Margret Broomfield and Jim Cox of Ironside, Oregon; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Ed is preceded in death by his parents; one son: Edward L. Barnette Jr.; and brothers-in-law: Duane Gover of Portland, Oregon; Clayton Mann of Pasco, Washington. In lieu of flowers, memorials to benefit Close to Home Hospice House or Cancer Center may be sent in Ed's name in care of Walker Funeral Home, 410 Medical Arts Ct., Gillette, WY 82716 or condolences via our website: www.walkerfuneralgillette.comFuneral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716