Obituaries: Charles Samuel Barr, 1934, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 3, 1934 Winnfield News-American

Injuries Fatal to Charles Barr, Son of Rev. D. C. Barr

Charles Barr, 42, son of Rev. D. C. Barr, one of the oldest and best known
Methodist ministers in Louisiana and one time pastor of the local Methodist
church, died at a Monroe sanitarium Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, of internal
injuries sustained Sunday, July 22, while engaged in laying a gas line near
Sterlington.

Funeral services were held at the family residence in Monroe at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon with Rev. W. C. Scott, pastor of the First Methodist
Church of Monroe, Rev. R. W. Vaughan, superintendent of the Methodist
Orphanage at Ruston, and Rev. H. C. Carley, presiding elder of the Monroe
district, in charge.  Interment was in the Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Mr. Barr is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Kitty Barr.  His 
father, Rev. D. C. Barr, also survives.  Surviving sisters are Mrs. S. M.
Abel, Rochelle; Mrs. W. O. Files, Oak Ridge; Mrs. John M. Brothers, Monroe;
Mrs. Minnie Calder, San Antonio; and Mrs. Berta Bondy, San Antonio.