Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Barrineau, John Britton February 22, 1946 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Skeeter Parker skeeterparker@windstream.net October 19, 2023, 3:13 pm The Nashville Herald, February 28, 1946 The Nashville Herald, front page, February 28, 1946 J.B. Barrineau, Well Known County Man, Passed Away Friday John Britton Barrineau, well known and highly regarded citizen of Berrien County, passed away at his home near Alapaha last Friday morning, February 22, at 1 o’clock after a long illness, due to his advanced age. He was 84 years of age. The deceased was born in Lake City, S.C. and moved to this county when a young man. He was a prosperous farmer and served around twenty (years) on the board of county commissioners. During his fifty years of residence here he took an active part in all public enterprises and the up-building of his county. He was a Mason and was always lending his support and influence to his fellow men. His wife, the former Annie Askins, of Lake City, S.C., preceded him in death in 1936. Funeral services were held at the Alapaha Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. C.T. Lawhorn, pastor, conducted the services in the presence of a large assemblage of friends and relatives. Interment was in the Barrineau family cemetery near Alapaha. The Masons had charge of the services at the graveside and served as pall-bearers and the Donaldson-Bowen Funeral Home of Nashville had charge of all arrangements. The survivors include two sons, W.L. Barrineau of Macon, and C.R. Barrineau of Fitzgerald; three daughters, Mrs. Henry Brown of Ocilla, Mrs. W.B. Barrineau of Alapaha, and Mrs. J.N. Maples of Miami, Fla.; also twenty-three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/b/barrinea6782nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb