Obituary of MINERVA ELIZABETH FARRIS BARROW, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for allowing the following to be added to the Archives. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: September 12, 1946 Headline: Mrs. Minerva Barrow Buried at Grayson Thursday, Sept. 5 Mrs. Minerva Elizabeth Barrow, of Jena, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1946, at Urania Clinic. She had been residing in the home of her sister, Mrs. I. W. Green at Summerville community. She was 79 years, six months, and 12 days old at death, having been born Feb. 9, 1867. She was Miss Minerva Farris before her marriage to the late Ben F. Barrow. The deceased was a member of Little Star Baptist Church at Holum. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 2 p.m., at Welcome Home Church, Grayson, with Rev. Kitchenhorn conducting services. Interment was in Welcome Home Cemetery. Three sons and four daughters survive. They are: Frank Barrow, Gladewater, Texas; Lovette Barrow, Overton, Texas; W. G. Barrow, DeQueen, Ark.; Mrs. W. G. Fullen, Natchez, Miss.; Mrs. I. W. Green, Jena; Mrs. C. N. Cox, Tom Ball, Texas; and Mrs. R. T. Neathery, Glen Wood, Ark.