Obit of Jesse Joseph Barton (b635) - Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell    <wpurc25758@aol.com>   30 Jul 2002
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Jesse Joseph Barton was born September 15, 1905, at Carter, Oklahoma.
He was the fourth of eight children born to James Madison and Della 
Francis Joshlin Barton.  He passed from this life on Saturday morning, 
Mary 13, 1978, at the age of 72.

Jess spent his early childhood in and around Carter. In 1924, he moved 
with his family to Ellis County, to a farm south of Arnett.  On December 
30, 1934, he married Lela Underwood from the Foll Community.  The couple 
made their home on a farm south of Arnett where they reared their family 
of 3 boys and 4 girls.  Jess and Lela moved from the farm to Arnett in 1971.

In the fall of 1934, Jess was baptized into the Pinkston Baptist Church 
as a public profession of his faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour.  At the 
time of his death, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Arnett.

Jess was preceded in death by his parents and by three brothers.  He is 
survived by his wife, Lela, and by his children: Frank Barton and wife 
Lois of Robstown, Texas; Bill Barton and wife, Nina of Brookfield, Mo.; 
Joe Barten and wife Arlyce of Brookfield, Mo.; Nelda Lee and husband John 
of Pampa, Texas; Pat Carmichael and husband Ken of Sheffeld, Ala.; Sharon 
Milner and husband Bill of Edcmond, OK.; and Carol Moore and husband Dub 
of Arnett.  In addition, he is survived by 20 grandchildren.

He is also survived by two sisters and two brothers:  Edna Daniels and 
Katie Clark both of Arnett, John Barton and Woodrow Barton, both of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma.

Funeral services were conducted, May 16, 1978 at First Baptist Church of 
Arnett.  Interment was in the Debolt Cemetery.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok