UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS William Hartley Barron Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: nancys@charter.net Nancy Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm BARRON, William Hartley Barron, age 61, died December 8, 1974 Thomaston Times, Thursday, December 12, 1974: Barron Rites Tuesday Funeral services for Hartley Barron, 61, were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. from the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. W.R. Conine officiating and assisted by Rev. W.C. Bowen. Interment was in Southview Cemetery with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. A former city councilman, Mr. Barron was also an original trooper in the Georgia State Patrol but returned to Thomaston after serving in World War II to establish a photographic studio. He gained a wide reputation as a portrait photographer before selling that business. At the time of his death he was sales representative of United Schools of Knoxville, Tennessee. He served on the city council of Thomaston from 1961 through 1968 and his political career was unusual in the fact that he never campaigned but generally lead the ticket. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and served on the Board of Deacons there. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jacqueline Blount Barron; his mother, Mrs. Ethel H. Barron; two daughters, Miss Joyce McKenney, Atlanta, and Mrs. March McKenney Burnette, College Park; one son, Mitch Barron, Thomaston; brother, Branson B. Barron, Hendersonville, N.C. and one sister, Mrs. B.L. Purcell, Atlanta.