Obituaries: Julia Gentry Barnes, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 4, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Julia Barnes

Grandmother of Mrs. A. L. Smith Dies in Jonesboro Buried There Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Gentry Barnes of Jonesboro, who died at 5
o'clock Tuesday, were held Tuesday afternoon.  The Rev. A. N. Murray
officiated.  Burial was in Jonesboro Cemetery.

Mrs. Barnes, who was 82 years old, was the grandmother of Mrs. A. L. Smith of
Winnfield.  She was born in Alabama and came to Louisiana in girlhood.  She
was married to Wesley W. Barnes on December 22, 1864.  Mr. Barnes died in
1923.

Mrs. Barnes was a devoted member of the Baptist Church for 56 years.  She is
survived by the following children: Mrs. W. T. Jolly, Dodson, Route 3; Henry
C. Barnes, Jonesboro, Charlie Barnes, Barry, Texas, J. M. and C. A. Barnes of
Corsicana, Texas, and several grandchildren.