Longtime Dickson Resident Bobby Barnickel Dies at 86

Bobby Barnickel, a resident of Dickson, Tennessee, died Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at Tri-Star Horizon Medical Center. He was 86 and was born April 26, 1939.

Barnickel is survived by his daughter Leneda (Bo) Barber of Dickson, his sister Patsy Bowman of Parsons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and several nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ann Barnickel, and by several other family members.

Visitation was held Wednesday, January 7, beginning at 9:00 a.m., with funeral services at 2:00 p.m. in the Parsons Mortuary Chapel. Burial followed at Crossroads Cemetery in Parsons, Tennessee. Parsons Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Barnickel’s passing will be felt across Decatur County by family members who live in both Dickson and Parsons and by neighbors who knew him over many years. The presence of multiple generations among his survivors underscores a broad family network that is part of the county’s social fabric. Funeral and burial services in Parsons connected his final arrangements with longstanding community institutions there.

For residents seeking to pay respects or to extend condolences, services were arranged through Parsons Mortuary and the funeral and burial took place locally. The timing and locations of those services made it possible for neighbors, friends, and family throughout Decatur County to attend and to mark his life together.

This notice documents the essential details of Barnickel’s death and final arrangements so that community members and public institutions can acknowledge the change in a family that is part of the local community.