Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Mills T. Sr., 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MILLS THOMAS BARRETT Mills Thomas Barrett, 69, prominent farmer of Isle of Wight County, died Wednesday, January 16th at his home near Windsor after an illness of several months. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Eliza Bryant Barrett; three daughters, Mrs. B.M. Cobb, Mrs. Edward Tomlin and Mrs. W.A. Cobb of Zuni; six sons, Joseph Alexander, W.S., J. Pressley, Edgar Kent, and Emmett Galvin Barrett of Zuni, and M.P. Barrett of Smithfield, two brothers R.H. Barrett of Zuni and J.W. Barrett of Norfolk; 24 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Antioch Christian Church Thursday at 1 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. C.E. Gerringer, assisted by the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb and the Rev. W.H. Buhler. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mills Thomas BARRETT, Sr., farmer, b. 1 Jun 1865, Isle of Wight Co., d. 16 Jan 1935, Suffolk, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 17 Jan 1935, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Jan. 24, 1935, p. 1, col. 6 *Additional information: A transcript of his death certificate (#1416-1856 {Hardy #1}) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/vitals/deaths/b630m1dc.txt Thomas 1m. 17 Nov 1887 Indianna Rebecca "Anna" CARR (1861 - 1902). He 2m. 26 Dec 1905 Eliza Jane BRYANT (1878 - 1953). All 3 are interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 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} #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Eliza's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Sep. 16, 1953, p. 28) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630e2ob.txt His parents, John William & Mary Jane (HOLLAND) BARRETT, are also buried at Antioch. A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104761459. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b630m1ob.txt