Barbara Eanes

A native of Martinsville, Virginia, Barbara Eanes went west at sixteen when her family moved to Galax, Virginia. After two years at Radford College, she married and lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before Lynchburg became her hometown. After her husband was killed in an auto accident, Barbara raised their three young children, a son, Chip, and two daughters, Dru and Leigh. In 1977 Barbara married Earl Eanes, a U.S. Army colonel whose family had known Barbara’s family in Martinsville. They had been married 40 years when Earl died in 2017.

Earl and Barbara loved their four-year Army tour in Germany, when they lived in Heidelberg and spent many weekends taking part in 8-mile walks conducted in a variety of locations by a German organization. Those completing a walk were awarded a beautifully crafted medal, and the impressive Eanes collection of their many walking medals is a family treasure now displayed along a wall in Barbara’s new Brookhaven apartment.

Barbara’s son lives nearby in Rustburg, one daughter lives in northern Virginia and one lives in Tampa, Florida. Barbara’s granddaughter, Sydney Lundy, also a Florida resident, is a dentist. Barbara has been playing bridge since she was sixteen and has enjoyed playing in four Lynchburg bridge groups for many years. She loves dogs, and she likes to work out in the gym .