Creek Indian Nation - OBIT: Lou Ella Barnett Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Crawford scburn1@oklahoma.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits Abstracted by: Eulala McDowell Pegram http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/musnation.html ==================================================================== OKbits File Muscogee Nation News Creek citizens from across Creek Nation BARNETT CHECOTAH - Lou Ella BARNETT was born February 20, 1919, in Checotah. She died April 3, 1991. Funeral services were held April 5 in the First Baptist Church of Checotah, where she was a member. Officiating the service was Rev. Elbert SMITH. Pallbearers were George SMITH, Harold BACON, Stanley McINTOSH, Calvin JONES, Ken JETTON, and Clarence McGEHEE. Burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery. She was a retired junior chemist from Phillips Petroleum Company and a retired bookkeeper from Panhandle Bank and Trust of Borger, TX. She was a member of Canadian River Gem and Mineral Society, various square dancing clubs and the First Baptist Church of Checotah. She was the daughter of Marshall D. and Jeanetta McIntosh TOWNSEND, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Beryl B. BARNETT, Sr., on February 1, 1989. Her survivors include her daughter, Marsha K. McGEHEE of Borger, TX; one brother, Yahola TOWNSEND of Checotah; three sisters, Wanema PRIDDY of Checotah, Lahoma CAMPBELL of Ft. Worth, TX, and Helena PATMAN of New Orleans; one granddaughter, Marisa Beryl BARNETT of Houston, TX; and two grandsons, Michael McGEHEE and Kristopher McGEHEE, both of Borger.