Obituaries: Mollie Barrett, 1944, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 6 & 13, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise

No. 1

Mrs. Mollie Barrett died suddenly Monday evening of a heart attack at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Long, of the Pleasant Hill Community.  Funeral
arrangements had not been completed Thursday pending arrival of her sons from
New York.

Mrs. Barrett is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Long, and Mrs. Bessie
Waller of Lake Charles. She also leaves five sons, Willie and Lee of New York,
E. L. and L. V. of Oakland, Calif., and a son by a former marriage, Manuel
Jarnagin, of Mississippi, and a number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.

No. 2

Mrs. Mollie Barrett Is Buried At Pleasant Hill, April 7th

Mrs. Mollie Barrett, mother of Mrs. Oscar Long of Winnfield, Route 2, was
buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery April 7.  Funeral services for Mrs.
Barrett, who died on April 3 at the home of her daughter in Winnfield, were
conducted by the Rev. J. O. Payne and the Rev. J. A. McMurry in the Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church.

Mrs. Barrett, who was born August 20, 1873 in Mississippi, is survived by six
sons, two daughters, twenty-three grand children, and a host of nephews and
nieces.  Besides Mrs. Long, the other children are Willie and Lee Barrett of
Buffalo, N.Y.; Lavell and L. V. Barrett of Los Angeles, California; Ralph
Jarnagin of Detroit, Mich.; Manuel Jarnagin of Ellisville, Miss.; Mrs. Bessie
Waller, Lake Charles, La.  Two of Mrs. Barrett's children preceded her in
death.  They were John Barrett and Mrs. Hettie Thomas.

Edmonds Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.  Pallbearers were
Jim Long, Parker Long, John Long, Bobbie Gorham, Bud Grice, and Jury Smith.