Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Sarah I. Williams, 1920 

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SARAH IVALONA WILLIAMS BARNES

DEATH OF MRS. GEO. W. BARNES

   On Monday, December 27, 1920, at 5:30 p.m., at the home of her son, J.B. 
Barnes, on West High street, Mrs. Sarah Williams Barnes breathed her last 
and passed labor to reward.

   Mrs. Barnes, who was a daughter of Nathan Williams, who has long since 
passed away, was born in Hertford county, N.C. on June 12, 1844, and was 
endowed with those traits which we are proud to refer to as typical of our 
true Southern women, standing for those things which are true, pure and noble.

   On January 19, 1871, she was married to Mr. Geo. W. Barnes, who still 
survives her, and her devotion to her husband and family through the years is 
indeed worthy of mention - "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her 
husband also, and he praiseth her."

   Mr. and Mrs. Barnes lived in Hertford county, N.C. until one year ago when 
they moved with their son to Franklin, and she had never transferred her 
church membership from Newsoms Baptist Church where she had been a member for 
many years.  Her religion she lived, and she died with a smile.

   She is survived by her husband, Mrs. Geo. W. Barnes, of Franklin, and six 
children; J.H. Barnes of Boykins, G.D. Barnes of Severn, N.C., J.B. Barnes of 
Franklin, Mrs. B.G. Ferguson of Suffolk, Mrs. I.J. Jones of Franklin, and Mrs. 
W.L. Beale of Portsmouth.

   Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery Tuesday afternoon with funeral 
services at the grave by Rev. M.A. MacLean of the Baptist church, assisted by 
Dr. C.H. Rowland of the Christian church, where a large concourse of relatives 
and friends had gathered to pay their last sad tribute of respect.  The 
pallbearers were J.O.H. Daughtrey, W.H. Lankford, J.M. Eley, J.B. Gay, A.M. 
Williams, W.J. McKinsty, Uriah Rawls, I.J. Jones.


Sarah Ivalona (WILLIAMS; Mrs. George W.) BARNES, 
b. 12 Jun 1844, Hertford Co., NC, d. 27 Dec 1920, at son's home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 16*), Franklin, 
   28 Dec 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1921, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 23, 1938, p. 1) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652g1ob.txt 

Their marriage record - 

George W. Barnes, 24, Single, b. Hertford Co., NC, res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Henry & Margaret Barnes, Farmer 
Sarah J. Williams, 26, Single, b. Hertford Co., NC, res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Nathan & Sarah Williams 
m.lic. 17 Jan 1871, by deputy clerk James R. Tyler; 
   cert. signed by George W. Barnes (X his mark) 
m. 19 Jan 1871, Southampton Co., by John S. Russell 
(Southampton Co. MB1A:430; M.Reg. p. 40 #14) 


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