OBIT: David Allen BARRON, 1999, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARRON 
  
  David Allen Barron, 84, Somerset, died Feb. 17, 1999, at Somerset Hospital.
  Born April 18, 1914, in Somerset Township, son of George and Olive (Hay)
  Barron.  Preceded in death by parents, twin sister, Hazel Barclay, and
  brothers: Paul, Merle and Ernest Barron.  Survived by wife, Thelma E.
  (Rhodes) Barron.  His passing ended a union of 62 years.  Also survived by
  daughters Sandra Baer, married to Allen Baer, Somerset; and Margie Ann
  Harrison, married to Charles Harrison, Winchester, Va.; son, Robert L.
  Barron, married to the former Sandra Pointer, Macon, Ga.; 9 grandchildren:
  Gail (Baer) Martz, Amy (Baer) Hemminger, Janie (Baer) Hemminger and Nicole
  Baer, all of Somerset; Chrissy (Harrison) McClung, Summersville, W.Va.;
  Michael Harrison, Winchester, Va., and Danielle Barron, Justin Barron and
  Brandi Pennington, all of Macon, Ga.; 6 great-grandchildren: Kayla, Jared
  and Jansen Hemminger, and Austin Hemminger, all of Somerset; Cordell "Cody"
  McClung, Summersville, W.Va.; and Garrett Pennington, Macon, Ga.  Brother
  of: Mary Whitehill Winchester; Leanna Miller, Somerset; and Homer Barron,
  Florida.  He was a truck driver for many years and then operated a dairy
  farm in the Somerset area.  He built the truck garage on the present
  location of McKay Beer Distributors and the red brick house beside it.  He
  was a race car enthusiast (Chevys in particular) and enjoyed hunting and
  watching football and baseball games.  The  real pride and joy of his life
  were  his precious grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Member of
  Bethany United Methodist Church, Somerset.  The family will receive friends
  from 7-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at Miller Funeral Home,
  Somerset, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Revs.
  Barry Ritenour and Sherman Berkey officiating.  Interment, Somerset County
  Memorial Park.
  
  Daily American, February 18, 1999
  
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