Obituaries: Mrs. Wilmer Barton, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************


 




From: July 26, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Mrs. Wilmer Barton Held At Sardis

Funeral rites for Mrs. Wilmer Barton, 51 year old resident of the Sardis
Community, who died Friday night in a Winnfield hospital following a brief
illness, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sardis Baptist Church.

The Rev. Ray Teal, Rev. C. R. Weatherford, and Rev. Jack Jones officiated at
the services.  Burial was in the Brown Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Barton was a lifelong resident of Winn Parish and a member of the Atlanta
Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, Gerald and Clyde Barton of 
Winnfield, and Sam Barton of Atlanta; four daughters, Mrs. Jerry Guynes of
Joyce, Mrs. Walter Bartley of Atlanta, Mrs. Melvin Horn of Shreveport, and
Miss Frances Barton of Winnfield; two brothers, D. W. Taylor of Winnfield
and Ray Taylor of Winnfield; seven sisters, Mrs. Roland Powers of Shreveport,
Mrs. H. M. Evans of Pineville, Mrs. Reginald Gore of New Orleans, Mrs. Allen
Bennett of Tioga, Mrs. Howard Powell of Hineston, Mrs. Ernest Spikes of
Winnfield, Mrs. Charles Whittington of Ferriday; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Taylor of Winnfield; and eight grandchildren.