Obituaries: John Lawson Barton, 1960, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 18, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. L. Barton Of Joyce Succumbs; Buried at Union (error, buried at Brown)

J. L. Barton, 71, of Joyce, died in an Alexandria hospital at 2:30 a.m. August
17, 1960, after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday, August 18, from Sardis Baptist
Church with burial in the Brown Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home of Winnfield.

Rev. Willie James, pastor of Union Baptist Church, officiated.

Mr. Barton, a veteran of World War I, was a retired farmer.  He had been
active in the church and community affairs until ill health forced him to
retire.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. J. L Barton, Joyce; five sons, Herman and M.
L. Of Winnfield; Preston of Joyce, Jimmie and Russell of Summers, Texas; two
daughters, Mrs. Herschel Page of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Jimmy Roberts of Joyce.