Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Barnett, George M. 1941
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LaFayette, AL, 19 April 1941
19 April 1941, LaFayete, Alabama

G.M. Barnett Dies of Heart Attach Last Saturday

Was county superintendent of education here for 28 years; funeral Sunday.
G.M. Barnett, for 28 years CountySuperintendent of Education of this County, 
died suddenly last Saturday afternoon at his home in LaFayette of heart 
attack.  his death came as a distinct shock to his numerous friends.  in 
Chambers County and the entire State.  He was 62 years of agae.  Funeral 
services were conducted from the LaFayette Methodist Church lasts Sunday 
afternoon at three o'clock with the Rev. K.N. Matthews, pastor, and the Rev. A. 
H. Nabors officiating.  Interment was in the laFayette cemetery with Cutler in 
charge.  Active pallbearaers were Will O. Walton, J.C. Grady, D.T. Tatum, H.A. 
Carlton, J.M. Briscoe and Sam H. Oliver.  Honrary pallbearers were Joe Canier, 
Charles Finney, T.H. Kirby, J.P. Hill, P.C. Ramsey, E.L. Boyd, W.T. Draper, 
J.B. Messer, W.B. Taunton and J.V. Chambers.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs 
R.M. Walker, Roanoke; Miss Algie-Merle Barnett, Alexander City; one sister, 
Mrs. T.J. Warren, AlexanderCity.  Mr. Barnett was at his home alone when 
stricken.  He was able to call al ocal physician, however, but lived only a few 
moments after he arrived.  Born in TAllapoosa County February 2, 1879, Mr. 
Barnett came to Chambers County in 1901 where he taught in the Truitt School.  
He was elected County Superintendent of Education in 1913, serving until last 
January.  Mr. Barnett was one of the pioneers in the founding of Alabama's 
modern educational system, and was an early advocate of rural school 
consolidaation.  He had served as vice president of Alabama Education 
Association and at the time of his death was one of the three trustees of that 
organization.  Retiring from his long tenure as county superintendent last 
january he accepted a position with the lanett City Schools.  He was a member 
of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Church of LaFayete.  A large 
number of sorrowing friends from over the State gathered last Sunday afternoon 
to pay a last tribute to a man whom they all loved and respected.  His going 
marks the end of a careerof service to his fellow man.  News of Mr. Barnett's 
death was recieved as the loss ofone of the State's most beloved and useful 
citizens by educational leaders in Montgomery.  He was an outstanding county 
superintendent and a pioneer of educational progress, said Dr. A.H. Collins, 
state Superintendent of Educaation.  "His passing is a profound loss not only 
to the county he served solong and well but to all Alabama.

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