Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Solomon M., 1971 

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SOLOMON MOODY BARNES 

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Solomon Moody Barnes, 84, of Newsoms, 
was held Monday at 3 p.m. in Newsoms United Methodist Church by the Rev. 
Harry Bunch.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery with McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, 
in charge.

   Pallbearers were Robert L. Drake, Carroll Drake, Howard D. Barnes, 
Robert W. Barnes and Tommy Barnes, all grandsons; James H. Porter; 
Marshall Vick and Marvin Cook.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Martha 
Drake Barnes and a son of Nathaniel Thomas and Mrs. Clara Ellis Barnes.

   He was a retired farmer and member of Newsoms United Methodist Church.

   Besides his widow, surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Raleigh L. 
Drake of Boykins, Mrs. Donald S. Jenkins of Conway, N.C., and Mrs. Robert 
L. Clark Jr. of Richmond; four sons, Benjamin Thomas Barnes of Courtland, 
Samuel M. Barns Sr. of Holland, Walter I. Barnes of Portsmouth, and James 
E. Barnes of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Joyner of Franklin; 15 
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.


Solomon Moody BARNES, of Newsoms, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 28 Aug 1971, Newport News, age 84, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 30 Aug 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 2, 1971, p. 7 

*Both his wives are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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