Obituary of Effie Barnes, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul Isbell
        Date: 9 Dec 2008
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BARNES, MRS EFFIE RAGSDALE
9/19/1887-8/8/1967
FPARK Cemetery
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Illness Proves Fatal TO Mrs W B BarnesServices for Mrs. W. B. Barnes, 79 were
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Stevens Funeral Home with the Rev. W. 
Clyde Hankins officating. Burial followed at Forrest Park Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes
died at Forrest Memorial Hospital at 6: 30 p. m. Tuesday August 8. She had been in
poor health for two years, and in critical condition for three weeks. Mrs. Barnes
born Sept. 19, 1887, in Obion, Tenn., the daughter of Virginia Cisco Ragsdale
and Henry Z. Ragsdale. She moved to Forrest City in 1927, and in recent years
had resided at 1034 North Washington Street. She was a member of the First
Baptist Church, and for many years, had been active in the work of the Sundan
School and Women's Missionary Society. She was married to Walter B. Barnes in
1906. Mr. Barnes died in 1955. Mrs. Barnes leaves one daughter; one son, both of
Forrest City; a sister, of Okolona, Miss; two brothers, of Dallas and Winter
Park, Fla.; and two grandchildren, both of Forrest City. 

Copyright With Permission: Forrest City Times Newspaper
Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas