FRIDAY MAY 6,1932, LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RIPLEY, TENNESSEE

CHARLES REED BARBEE–Charles Reed BARBEE, 63, died at his home on South Main Street late Monday afternoon, after an illness of heart trouble which confined him to his home the past four months. He was the son of the late John Y. BARBEE, one of the early settlers of Ripley and one of the most prominent laymen of Southern Methodism. Mr. BARBEE was born in Ripley and spent his entire life here. For over a quarter of a century he was prominent in business and church activities, a member of the First Methodist Church and was general secretary of the Methodist Sunday school at the time of his death. He was holding the position of bookkeeper for Julian Belton & Co., when forced to retire because of ill health. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Georgia MURREY, prominent socially in Nashville; two children, Murrey BARBEE, of Birmingham, Ala, and Mrs. Thompson KIRKPATRICK, of Owensboro, Ky.; three brothers, A.J. BARBEE, of Ripley, Dr. Taylor BARBEE, of Los Angeles, Calif., Isaac BARBEE, of Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. V.P. MORIARTY, Mrs. E.M. RICE and Mrs. W. Dan MAJORS, all of Ripley. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Barbee home, conducted by Rev. Howell R. TAYLOR, assisted by Dr. Olin GREEN, Rev. J.W. WATERS and Rev. S.H. SALMON. Interment in Maplewood Cemetery.