Obituaries:  Sarah Elizabeth Barret, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 15, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Sarah Elizabeth Barret

  Miss Sarah Elizabeth Barret died Jan. 12. There was a memorial
service held at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Shreveport, at
3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15.

  Miss Barret was born Aug. 22, 1904, in Robeline. She attended
Louisiana Tech, and taught at the Shrine Hospital for Crippled
Children in Shreveport for a number of years. In the early stages
of World War II, Miss Barret joined the American National Red
Cross. She was sent to the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations,
with the Twenty First General Hospital in November 1942. Miss
Barret worked in North Africa and Italy, serving in varied
capacities. She returned to the States in November 1947, and went
to work at the Shrine Hospital for two more years. In 1950, Miss
Barret again went to work for the American National Red Cross.
She worked in V. A. Hospitals in Disaster Service, and with the
Blood Program on the West Coast, and in many of the Southern
States, until her retirement.

  Miss Barret was a member of St. Marks Episcopal Cathedral. At
her request, her body was donated to the Louisiana State
University School of Medicine in Shreveport.

  She is survived by her nephews Hollingsworth B. Marshall of
Allendale Plantation, Stonewall, Dr. Henry Marshall of the
Netherlands; and her niece, Sarah M., Hedrick of Phoenixville,
Pa. She is also survived by six grand nephews, Barret, Wesley,
and Nathaniel Marshall of Stonewall, Adam, and David Marshall of
Houston, Tex., and Christopher Hedrick of Phoenixville, Pa.