Zonnia Barnes

Fla. Zonnia Lorina "Nanny" Brooks Barnes, known to most as Nanny, passed away Friday, Arpil 30, 2014, after 93 years in the comfort of her own home surrounded by loving family. Originally from Georgia, she moved to Dunnellon in 1965 where she retired from the Marion County School System. Her love for gardening and the outdoors is what kept her young for so long. She was an avid baseball fan who rarely missed a Braves game on TV. She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Barbree; three sisters; three stepchildren; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and countless others who adopted her as their grandmother. She was preceded in death by Carl H. Brooks, Morris C. Barnes, and five siblings. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be missed dearly. Funeral services for Zonnia will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon. Her family will be receiving relatives and friends for a public viewing at the Funeral Home from noon until service time. Burial will follow at Dunnellon Memorial Gardens. Expressions of sympathy can be made online at robertsofdunnellon.com. Final arrangements are under the careful direction of Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon, 19939 East Pennsylvania Ave., Dunnellon, FL 34432, 352-489-2429.