Newport News City-Warwick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barclay, John T., 1941 

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JOHN T. BARCLAY 

  Funeral services for John Thomas Barclay, 52, prominent local jeweler, of 
Newport News, who died Friday afternoon at a Newport News hospital, were held 
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the old Barclay residence, in Warwick 
County.  The Rev. Clifford Ramsey, pastor of the Hilton Village Methodist 
Church, assisted by Dr. Paul K. Buckles, pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, conducted the services.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery. 

  Surviving are his widow; five* daughters, Mrs. James Denton, Mrs. Ward 
Howard, Mrs. Carlton Louise Barclay [sic; Mrs. Linwood Carlton Batkins], all 
of Hilton Village; three sisters, Mrs. P.A. Alejos, of Warwick County; Mrs. 
J.H. Hawkins, of Vinton, and Miss Sadie Barclay of Barclay on the James, and 
three brothers, C.W. Barclay, of Tampa, Fla.; George C. Barclay, of this city, 
and Robert McI. Barclay of Hilton Village. 


John Thomas BARCLAY, Newport News jeweler, 
b. 2 Mar 1889, Lead, SD, d. 6 Mar 1941, Newport News, 
interred in Greenlawn Cemetery*, Newport News, 11 Mar 1941, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Mar. 13, 1941, p. 1, col. 2 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Mem. #84366018 includes a death notice from another source 
   (not identified). 

His parents are also buried there.  His father's Find a Grave Mem. #84365754 
   includes a several photos and an article ("Daily Press," Aug. 12, 1990) 
   on his life & career.  His mother's Find a Grave Mem. #84365794 includes 
   an obit & a death notice (sources not identified). 

While the text gives five daughters, it names only three, omitting Mary Leila 
   (BARCLAY; Mrs. Richard M.) LAGATELLA.  The 1940 Census shows only four. 


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