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Rufus Polk Barnard Sr.

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Rufus Polk Barnard Sr.

Birth
Union Grove, Marshall County, Alabama, USA
Death
17 Nov 1968 (aged 77)
Knox City, Knox County, Texas, USA
Burial
O'Brien, Haskell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
North Side
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Longtime Area Resident,
R. P. Barnard, Sr. Dies

R. P. Barnard, Sr. 77, of O'Brien, died Sunday at 5:00p.m. in the Knox County Hospital in Knox City after a brief illness. Services were conducted Monday at 2:30p.m. from the O'Brien Baptist Church with the Re. Larry Young, pastor of Beckley Avenue Baptist Church in Dallas officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Park, pastor. Interment was in the O'Brien Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Born October 24, 1891 in Union Grove, Alabama he came with his parents the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Barnard. He married Mattie Richards in July 1925 in Haskell County. Mr. Barnard was a retired farmer and a member of the O'Brien Baptist Church. Survivors incl;ude his wife; one sone, R. P. Jr. of Knox City; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Vannoy of O'Brien, Mrs. M.P. Cornett of Portales N.M. and Mrs. Velma Barnard Tillinghast of Garland; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were D. S. Gothard, S. J. Reeves, Jr., Weldon LaDuke, Harold Emerson, Ed Stanfield, Billy G. Johnston, and F. A. Johnston.
Longtime Area Resident,
R. P. Barnard, Sr. Dies

R. P. Barnard, Sr. 77, of O'Brien, died Sunday at 5:00p.m. in the Knox County Hospital in Knox City after a brief illness. Services were conducted Monday at 2:30p.m. from the O'Brien Baptist Church with the Re. Larry Young, pastor of Beckley Avenue Baptist Church in Dallas officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Park, pastor. Interment was in the O'Brien Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Born October 24, 1891 in Union Grove, Alabama he came with his parents the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Barnard. He married Mattie Richards in July 1925 in Haskell County. Mr. Barnard was a retired farmer and a member of the O'Brien Baptist Church. Survivors incl;ude his wife; one sone, R. P. Jr. of Knox City; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Vannoy of O'Brien, Mrs. M.P. Cornett of Portales N.M. and Mrs. Velma Barnard Tillinghast of Garland; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were D. S. Gothard, S. J. Reeves, Jr., Weldon LaDuke, Harold Emerson, Ed Stanfield, Billy G. Johnston, and F. A. Johnston.


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