Submitted by
Carol Couch
Waco Tribune-Herald
April 27, 1982
Tuesday
Marlin---John V.
Barton, 73, of Marlin, a retired city employee, died Sunday night in a local
hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Adams Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Lindsay Cofield and the Rev. A.A. Bratcher officiating. Burial
will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Barton was born March 29, 1909 in the
McClanahan community of Falls County. He was married to Lucille Blassingame in
1933 and retired in 1973 after 45 years with the city of Marlin as director of
public works. He was a member of McClanahan Baptist Church. Survivors
include his wife, a daughter, Johnnie Lou Creasy of Marlin; a sister, Mrs. J.H.
(Mildred Walston) of Spring; and a granddaughter.