Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Barnett, Wilber March 28, 2007
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Mitchell News-Journal 5/9/2007  
WILBER BARNETT 
 
BAKERSVILLE - Wilber Barnett, age 71, of the Pigeon Roost community, died 
Saturday, April 28, 2007 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was the son of 
the late Don and Bertha Barnett. He was also preceded in death by two 
brothers, Bradley Barnett and Charley Abrams; and a sister, Ruby Gutherie. 
Eight years of Wilber's life was spent in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was 
retired from Baxter Laboratories in Marion. He attended many churches in 
western North Carolina, and upon request, would sing solo old songs of 
inspiration. Throughout his life, he sang with many different groups and made 
several recordings. He made appearances on radio and television on occasion, 
and had sung with Bill Monroe and Stella Parton.

Survivors include three sisters, Francis Tipton of Johnson City, Tenn., Betty 
Mady of Erwin, Tenn., and Hazel Miller of Pigeon Roost; and several other 
relatives. 

Funeral services were held at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the chapel of Yancey Funeral 
Services. The Revs. Marvin Miller and Jerry Barnett officiated. Burial was in 
the Bennett Family Cemetery. The family received friends from 5 p. m. until 
the service hour Tuesday at the funeral home.


 



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