Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, William D., 1931 

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WILLIAM DAVID BARNES

   William David Barnes, well-known and highly esteemed citizen of the Newsoms 
community, died Saturday afternoon, October 24, after in illness of several 
months.  Mr. Barnes was born in this county, October 20, 1856.  He was a 
faithful member of the Newsoms Baptist Church.

   Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Rosa Kitchen Barnes; four daughters, Mrs. 
H.L. Duke and Miss Mary Ethel Barnes of Newsoms; Mrs. E.M. Barkley and Mrs. 
R.G. Carter of Boykins; two sons, Southgate L. Barnes, U.S.A., and David 
Barnes of Newsoms; three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Sue Crutchlow of 
Petersburg.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Newsoms Cemetery Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. L.E. Dailey officiating, assisted by Rev. 
Frank B. Handley of Boykins.  "Saved By Grace" was sung by the choir of the 
Newsoms Baptist Church.  The active pallbearers were: R.N. Darden, J.T. 
Story, P.S. Worrell, D.B. Rountree, J.T. Worrell and J.W. Holland of Boykins. 
Floral offerings were omitted by request.


William David BARNES, of Newsoms, 
b. 20 Oct 1856, Southampton Co., d. 24 Oct 1931, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 25 Oct 1931, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 30, 1931, p. 1 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 16, 1948, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652r8ob.txt 


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