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In the 1920 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: tenant farmer Redman Barnes, 47; wife Genette, 43; children Dora, 20, Fred, 19, Mary E., 17, Minie B., 15, Eddie Bell, 13, Petcandy, 11, Nora Lee, 9, Alice, 7, Lula Mae, 4, and Redman Jr., 1.

In the 1930 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: farmer Raymond [Redmond] Barnes, 59; wife Jeanette, 50; children Dora, 29, Fred, Fred, 25, Mary, 23, Minnie B., 20, Edith, 18, Bettie L., 17, Nora L., 16, Alice J., 14, Lula Mae, 12, Raymond Jr., 10, and John H., 8; and nephew Author Ellis, 20.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1116 East Nash Street, Mary Barnes, 33, who taught at Healthy Plains Grade School; her widowed mother Jenettie Barnes, 62; brothers Redman, 22, a shoe repairer at Rex Shoe Shop, and John, 19, a tobacco factory laborer; brother-in-law Doll Speight, 26, apartment elevator operator; sister Lula, 23, and their daughters Letrice, 2, and Bettie, 8 months.

In 1940, Doll Speight registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 13 May 1916 in Greene County, N.C.; lived at 1116 East Green Street, Wilson; his contact was wife Lula Mae Speight; and he worked for Mrs. W.D. Hackney Sr., 301 East Nash Street, Wilson.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Doll Speight Jr., 34, janitor at professional building; wife Lula M., 34; and children Leatrice, 12, Betty Lou, 10, and Donald E., 1.

Photo courtesy of Ancestry user gb1405. My aunt married Lula Barnes Speight’s nephew, and my family spent many a happy holiday around a table at one or another of the Barnes’ sisters’ homes.