Obituaries: George Gibson "Gip" Barton, 1949, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 3, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For G. G. Barton At Taylor, Ark.

After an illness of several months, George Gibson "Gip" Barton, 55, succumbed
in a local hospital Saturday, February 26, at 8:30 a.m.  Funeral services were
conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Taylor, Ark., with
burial in the Sharon Cemetery near Taylor.

A native of Arkansas, Mr. Barton moved to Winnfield eight years ago.  He was
married in 1929 to Miss Janie Lucille Tolbert, a native of Winn Parish, and
had been engaged in the grocery and filling station business until a few
months ago when his health failed.

Surviving are his wife of Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. Hollis Duke,
Springhill, La., and Mrs. Travis King, Taylor, Ark.; one grandsons, Ronnie
Gibson King; his father, George G. Barton, Sr., Taylor, Ark.; one brother, Lee
Barton, Samford, Texas.