Dr. Jewell M. Barnett (Weymouth Funeral Home)Celebration Of Life: 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2023
Location: James River Country Club
Jewell M. Barnett, M.D., 79, of Yorktown, passed distant connected December 15, 2022, aft a abbreviated illness. He was comforted and surrounded by his loving household during the hours earlier his passing. Born successful 1943, Jewell grew up connected his household workplace successful Nicholson, Georgia. As a boy, Jewell came to emotion the outdoors and developed each the good qualities and traits that a young state lad is thought to have. As the archetypal idiosyncratic successful his household to be college, Jewell enrolled astatine the University of Georgia successful 1962. His emotion of medicine began erstwhile helium archetypal became a pharmacist which helped wage his mode done aesculapian school. After graduating from the Medical College of Georgia successful 1970, Jewell recovered his mode to Newport News wherever helium began his residency successful OB/GYN astatine Riverside Hospital. It was determination that helium began a narration with Riverside Health System wherever helium worked arsenic a doc and the manager of the OB/GYN residency program. He practiced medicine for 46 years and delivered thousands of babies earlier his retirement.
After finishing his residency successful 1974, Jewell began his aesculapian signifier with what was past known arsenic Caine, Keffer & Barnett. Through the years, helium had a fig of partners and nurses that helium worked with closely. They were arsenic devoted to him arsenic helium was to them.
Hunting and sportfishing trips were peculiar times for Jewell. Hunting pheasant successful Sioux Falls, South Dakota, sportfishing and hunting successful Alaska, and yearly trips to Pennsylvania were favourite times for Jewell wherever helium could unbend and spell backmost to the state beingness that helium enjoyed arsenic a boy. “Jewell’s Venison” became a favourite among guests astatine his family’s yearly Christmas Party.
In 1983, Jewell personally designed and built his location successful York County connected Hodges Cove with his woman and 3 children. The location hosted a large galore cookouts, Christmas parties, excavation parties, boating trips, smores roastings, and friends simply coming implicit for a solid of vino oregon a scotch. Jewell was amusive to beryllium with. He was absorbing to speech to. He had a speedy wit, an irreverent consciousness of humor, and an infectious smile.
Jewell was genuinely a beauteous antheral and helium volition beryllium missed by many. He is survived by his woman of 46 years, Karen H. Barnett; his son, Michael A. Barnett (Frank) of Portland, Oregon; his daughters, Amy B. Hudgins (Scott) of Windermere, Florida and Jill B. Verser (Joe) of Poquoson and 5 grandchildren that hung the satellite for him: Sarah Kathryn Hudgins, Jack Davis Hudgins, Bowen Barnett Verser, Sadie Jewell Verser and Audrey Claire Verser . . . and his changeless surviving country companion, Auggie, his precious yellowish Labrador Retriever.
A Celebration of Jewell’s beingness volition instrumentality spot astatine 4:00p.m. connected Saturday, February 25, 2023 astatine James River Country Club. In lieu of flowers, donations whitethorn beryllium made to the Lackey Free Clinic, 1620 Old Williamsburg Rd. Yorktown, VA 23690. Arrangements by Weymouth Funeral Home.
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