1940 Obituary of Luther Hawthorne Barnes of Union Parish Louisiana

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From the Farmerville "Gazette" issue dated 15 August 1940

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Funeral services for L. H. Barnes, 59, prominent insurance man of Farmerville, who died 
at 1:45 o’clock a.m. Tuesday August 13, 1940, following an attack of paralysis early 
Saturday were held from the Farmerville Baptist Church. Interment followed in the 
Farmerville cemetery under the direction of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Luther Hawthorne 
Barnes was born in Farmerville, March 30, 1881, a son and eldest child of the late 
Dr. William W. Barnes and his wife, Sue Lee. He received his early education at the 
local high school and when he attained his majority he embarked in the life insurance 
business, being at first connected with the New York Life Insurance Co. for several 
years, In 1905, he became editor and publisher of The Gazette, and for fifteen years 
was its able editor. In 1920 he sold the paper to the present owner. Since that time 
he has been engaged in the insurance business as representative in this territory of 
the Great Southern Life Insurance Company of Houston, Texas. On June 12, 1904, Mr. Barnes 
was married to Miss Nellie Griffith who survives him. He is also survived by five sons, 
L. H. Barnes Jr., of Galveston, Texas; Griffith Barnes of Barcelona, Venezuela, South America; 
Fred Lee Barnes of Downsville; Harold Gray Barnes of Alton, Illinois and Sully Barnes of 
Washington D.C.,; one brother, W.W. Barnes of Mer Rouge; three sisters, Mrs. O.L. Tugwell 
of Farmerville; Mrs. Thomas Sullivan and Mrs. Thomas Hayes of Monroe; two grandchildren, 
Billy Barnes and William Waldron Barnes also survive.


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