Obit:  J. Homer Barrett 1979, Grant Parish, LA
Submitted to USGENWEB by (Bobbie Barrett)
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Rites are held for Sulphur's First Marshal

Funeral services for J. Homer Barrett, 82 of Dunn Ferry Road were held 
at 2pm.Sunday(Jan 13) in Hammer-Lyons Funeral Home.

The Rev. Royce Sylvest,  pastor of Houston River Baptist Church, 
officiated. Burial was in Big Woods Cemetery.Edgerly, La

Barrett died at 5pm Friday in West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital.

A native of Georgetown, La., he had lived most of his life in Sulphur. 
He was a Navy veteran of World War 1. He was the first town marshal of 
Sulphur from 1926 to 1948 and was a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputy.

From 1949 to 1952 he was a captain game warden for the Louisiana 
Department of Wild Life and Fisheries. Then he returned to the sheriff's 
department and worked as a deputy until his retirement.

He was a charter member of Sulphur American Legion Post 179.

Surviving are his wife, Edith Lacy Barrett; two sons, Dr. G. Kenneth 
Barrett and J.Ralph Barrett, both of Sulphur; three brothers, J.L. 
Barrett of Sulphur and G.L. Barrett and Clint Barrett both of 
Georgetown; two sisters, Bunchie B, Puckett of Westlake and Bobbie B. 
Lincecum of Georgetown; seven grandchildren and eight great 
grandchildren.                Copied by Bobbie Barrett

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Joseph Homer Barrett born March 4, 1897 in Georgetown and died Jan  
11, 1979  Rhoda was his step mother.He (Homer)was my father in law.