Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Jay P., 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAY P. BARRETT Jay Prexley [sic; Pressley] Barrett, 31, died Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at his home in Franklin after an illness of about a year. He was the son the late M.T. Barrett and Mrs. Eliza Bryant Barrett, of Isle of Wight County. He was a member of Antioch Christian Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Spivey Barrett; his mother; five brothers, Edgar Emmett, Walter and Alex Barrett, of Windsor, and Tommy Barrett, of Smithfield; three sisters, Mrs. B.M. Cobb, Mrs. W.A. Cobb and Mrs. C.E. Tomlin. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were conducted at Antioch Christian Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. C.E. Crutchfield, assisted by the Rev. Rufus Corbitt. Burial was in the church cemetery. Jay Pressley BARRETT, farmer, b. 21 Jun 1908, Isle of Wight Co., d. 25 Aug 1939, at home, Windsor R.F.D., interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 27 Aug 1939, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 22, Thurs., Aug. 31, 1939, p. 1 *Additional information: Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html He shares a monument with his half-sister Emma Jane (BARRETT) TOMLIN; a photo of it is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104761396 &c. Their parents are also buried there. Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 20452 (Windsor #3). His widow (1909 - 1994) is buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. {IWCHS GSSTF report #44} His father's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 25, 1935, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630m1ob.txt His mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Sep. 16, 1953, p. 28) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630e2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630j15o.txt