Obituary: Lessie L. Barfield - Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun--- Winnsboro, Louisiana January 5, 2000-- Volume 143--No. 23--pg. 5A Lessie L. Barfield Funeral services for Lessie L. Barfield, 89, of Fort Necessity were held Saturday at Fort Necessity Baptist Church with Rev. Don Blackmon, Dr. Ralph Thomas and Dr. Milton Williams officiating. Burial followed in Fort Necessity Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. Barfield was a member and Sunday School teacher for the past 30 years at Fort Necessity Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, frank Barfield, one daughter, Margery Nell Mason, and two sons, James and Cabert Barfield. Survivors include a daughter, Jeanette Sharbono of Blanchard, La.; son, Ross A. Barfield of Monroe; brother, Ross A. Thomas of Dallas, Texas; sister, Loutish Kallil of Corpus Christi, Texas; a special cousin, Agnes Ross Moore of Fort Necessity; 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Grandsons served as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fort Necessity Baptist Church, Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church, La. Baptist Children's Home or the Methodist children's Home in Ruston.