Obituaries:  Alvin Truly Barnhill, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-654
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 10, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Alvin Truly Barnhill

  Funeral services for Mr. Alvin Truly Barnhill of Many, were held
in the Beulah Methodist Church, at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4,
with Bro. Elton Martgin, and Bro. Joe Ratcliff officiating.
Burial was in the Beulah Cemetery. Services were under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Barnhill died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1985, at 5:15 p.m., at the
Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Many. He was 87.

  He is survived by three sons, Raymond Barnhill, and Randy
Barnhill, both of Many, and Don Barnhill of Shreveport; one
daughter, Mrs. Julie Lites, Many; one brother, Henry Barnhill,
Marthaville; one step brother, G. D. Byrd, Belcher, La.; one
sister, Zema Littlepage, Marble Falls, Tex.; 10 grandchildren;
and 10 great grandchildren.

  Born in Marthaville, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barnhill, he was one
of seven children. Childhood years were spent working on the
family farm. Following his education in Marthaville Schools, he
entered the contracting and timber business. He also raised
cattle on his own land in Marthaville. He retired to a small farm
in Mt. Zion nearly twenty years ago.

  Mr. Barnhill was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie Crump
Barnhill. Both were members of the Mt. Zion Church.