Iona Barron

Mrs. Iona Lee Brown Barron, age 88, of Trenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on July 10, 2014, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Barron will be conducted on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. John Coleman officiating. Interment will follow in New Bethlehem Cemetery of Dyer, Tennessee. Mrs. Barron was born March 10, 1926, in Gibson County, Tennessee; the daughter of the late Henry and Medie Sansom Brown. Mrs. Barron retired from Brown Shoe Company as an inspector. She was a member of New Bethlehem Baptist Church. Mrs. Barron is survived by her husband, Horace Barron; and children, Royce Wayne Barron of Jackson, Marilyn Poremba and husband Steve of Birmingham, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents; two infant sons in 1953 and 1956 and brothers, Henry and Howard Brown. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 12. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Iona Lee Brown Barron.