Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Katie L. Barnes, 1958 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ KATIE LUCY BARNES BARNES Mrs. Katie Lucy Barnes, 76, a well-known resident of the Newsoms community, died at the home on Wednesday morning, April 16, after an illness of several months. The deceased was the wife of Robert Lee Barnes and the daughter of the late Frank and Nancy Phelps Barnes of Southampton County. She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church, in the activities of which she took an interested part. Besides her husband she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lula Bryan of Richmond and Mrs. Sarah Barnes of Handsom; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mrs. Barnes were held from the Newsoms Baptist Church on Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. L.F. Smith, pastor of the church. Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Claude Drake, Jr., George T. Drake, Lonnie Gray, Otis Gray, Walter Gray and Wayne Pixley. Katie Lucy (BARNES; Mrs. Robert L.) BARNES, Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Apr 1958, at home, Newsoms, age 76, interred in Hollywood Cemetery (unmarked*), Newsoms, 18 Apr 1958, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 24, 1958, Sect. II, p. 6 *The Social Security Death Index gives b. 19 Oct 1892, so d. age 73. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-3): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 9, 1966, p. 6) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652r6ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652k1ob.txt