Gunshot Wound Is Fatal To Veteran A gunshot wound, self-inflicted at his home near Viola Monday night, proved fatal to Charles Edward Barnes, 31, farmer and World War II veteran. He died Thursday at 11; 45 a.m. at Thayer VA hospital, Nashville, where he was rushed following the shooting. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Old Jefferson Baptist Church in DeKalb county. Rev. Rayton Cope officiated and burial was in Old Jefferson…
DeKalb Rites For Horace Barnes, 72 William Horace Barnes, 72, father of Commander Roscoe Barnes of the VFW post, died at his home in Riverside community Monday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock, following an illness of four years. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church of Christ at Jefferson, DeKalb county, with Rayton Cope and Felix Cantrell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Dekalb county, Mr. Barnes…
Mrs. Susie Allen Dies Tuesday Mrs. Susie Geneva Allen, wife of E.H. Allen, died at her home at Keltonburg in DeKalb county Tuesday evening at 9:55 o’clock, following and illness of several months. She was 73. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Keltonburg Methodist Church. Rev. W.G. Hawkins officiated and burial was in Keltonburg cemetery. Mrs. Allen, born April 14, 1878 in DeKalb county, was a daughter of Thomas Jones and Frances Walker Jones and…
Mrs. Lydia Allen, 80, widow of George Allen, died Saturday at her home in the first district. The funeral and burial were at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Crain Hill cemetery in Van Buren county. Born in Van Buren county September 13, 1866, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of Jasper Mayfield and Mary Jane Hillis Mayfield; survivors include two sons, Frank Allen of McMinnville and Jack Allen of Nashville; four sisters, Mrs. Emmie Barnes of McMinnville, Mrs. Walter Sparkman…