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Out of town members of the family who came to attend the funeral were Mr. D. H. Barnett, of Nacogdoches, brother of the deceased; Mrs. J. A. Pickett, of Houston, sister; and L. D. Barnett, of Houston, a nephew, and Miss Norah Bennett, granddaughter of Houston. Mr. D. H. Barnett and Miss Barnett returned to their home Monday morning, but Mrs. Pickett remained for a few days visit with the Barnett families. Mr. L. D. Barnett remained over Monday, returning to Houston Tuesday morning. Mr. Barnett’s illness was of short duration. He was working at his trade, that of a carpenter, at Maxie, a few miles out from Wharton. He was in good health, as stated in a letter to his son written on the Sunday preceding his death on Friday. The letter was not mailed but was found in one of his coat pockets after he returned home. He was taken ill Sunday night or Monday, and started home expecting to return to his work, as he bought a round trip ticket at Wharton. He missed connection with the Palacios train at Wharton Monday, and did not arrive at home until Tuesday evening. The following Friday evening he died. John Edward Barnett was born December 20th, 1846, in Montgomery county, Alabama. He was the fourth child of elder J. E. and Mary Farrior Barnett, of a family of ten children. He was a direct descendant of a long line of Baptist ministers, the oldest of which fled with the French Hugenots, and sought refuge in the Carolinas, where they were permitted to worship God in a free country. As a boy, he led a quiet and uneventful life, being an obedient son. At the age of twelve, he united with the Liberty Baptist church in Bullock county, Ala. With the consent of his parents, he enlisted in the reorganization of the First Alabama Regiment, under Col. M. B. Locke at the age of sixteen, where he served until the close of the war having been honorably discharged at Greensboro, North Carolina and having participated in several battles, in one of which he was seriously wounded. During the reconstruction days he lived in Alabama, farming, until ’71 when he came to Southern Louisiana where he again engaged in farming, losing heavily with the freshet. He left Louisiana in ’75 and came to Anderson, Grimes county, Texas, farming there also. As was the custom of farms of the early years, the forge was one of the necessities and in it was developed the mechanical genius of the boy and it made possible the skill and ability which, as a man, he used so successfully. The pioneer hardships and necessities developed all the abilities in a man, and especially so with Mr. Barnett, his ability made possible good tools for his farm work and the demands of his neighbors developed the shop until, after coming to Texas, he became what was then known as a blacksmith and wheelwright and had a large shop which took most of his time, so the boys Joseph and James ran the farm. In ’77 he moved to Montgomery county, Texas where he continued farming and his shop work, also ran a gin and grist mill, and in ’88 he moved to Cameron, Milam county. He began contracting for regular carpenter work and followed that business the rest of his life. From Milam county he moved to Victoria county, removing to Bay City, Matagorda county, in 1902 where he resided until coming to Palacios in the summer of 1912. The key of his life was the fact of constant, careful and regular reading of the Bible; the beautiful even-tempered spirit of his life was surely fostered and strengthened by this habit of Bible reading. No one ever saw him in a temper, which is a wonderful thing to be said of a man who has had the varying experiences of his long, busy life. His passion was industry; he could not be contented unless busy. He has always been identified with the Baptist church since his baptism, although on account of his hearing he has not attended regularly in later years. His honest dealings and thoroughly upright life in every community in which he lived made for the uplift of those about him. He was one of God’s noblemen and it can surely be said of him that “his works do follow him.” His death was from lagrippe, at the residence of his son, J. F. Barnett. His wife, children, grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. J. A. Pickett of Houston were with him. He was married January 13, 1867, to Miss Carrie Emma Threadgill at Pine Level, Ala., to which union five children were born, three boys and two girls. He is survived by his wife, two sons, James Randolph and John Franklin Barnett, both living here in Palacios, and seven grandchildren, three sisters and one brother, Mrs. J. A. Pickett, of Houston; Mrs. J. J. Threadgill, of Girard, Ala.; Mrs. M. C. Howell, of Ponchatoula, La., and Mr. D. H. Barnett, of Nacogdoches, Tex., besides a host of relatives from Virginia to the Rio Grande.
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At the residence of J. F. Barnett at 3:00 P. M. Wednesday, occurred the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Carrie Emma Barnett, conducted by J. A. Derrick, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Geo. F. Gillespie, who read the Scripture and Rev. R. T. Hanks, who offered prayer, with music by Rev. H. A. Echols and a quartet, composed of Arnold Burton, Rowland Burton, Rev. Echols and T. S. Forehand. The service was continued at the cemetery by an address by Rev. Echols and prayer by Rev. Gillespie. The expressions of sympathy by flowers were many and beautiful. Relatives and friends from out of town were: Mrs. J. A. Pickett, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Still and family of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Menefee and family, Mrs. Hugh White, of Edna; Mrs. Yeager and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Barber of Bay City. Carrie Emma Threadgill was born in Anson County, North Carolina, August 6th, 1850, and died at Palacios, Texas, November 8th, 1927 at 5:30 A. M., at the home of her son, John F. Barnett, at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 2 days. She was the last and youngest surviving member of a family of thirteen children. She enjoyed unusual advantages for the period in which she lived, due to the fact that there were in the family two brothers who were preachers and two brothers and three sisters who were teachers making it possible for her to finish her schooling at the age of fourteen, after which he assisted her brother Frank, teaching Greek and Latin in the school at Farriorville, Alabama, at that time the Farriorville Academy. Later she taught at Pine Level, Alabama, where she married John Edward Barnett, January 13th, 1867, thus uniting two remarkable families, who were descendants of the French Huguenots, who fled from religious persecution in France and settled in the Carolinas, the cradle of the present liberty-loving, Bible-following Southern Baptists. The devotion of these people to religious liberty and the Bible as the only rule of faith and practice has given the strength and virility to the Baptist cause in the South. Mother Barnett joined the Baptist Church at the age of twelve at China Grove, Alabama, and after long years of devoted Christian living she was able to repeat a large part of the Bible from memory. Mr. Barnett was a farmer in Alabama until 1871, then in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana until they moved to East Texas, Anderson, Grimes and Montgomery Counties, after the floods in Louisiana in 1975. Mrs. Barnett lived the life of a pioneer farmer’s wife; enriched and enlarged by her culture and piety. In 1888 they moved to Milam County, from there to Victoria and later to Bay City, where they lived until 1912 when the failing health of both she and Mr. Barnett made it necessary for them to come to Palacios and make their home with their son, John F. Barnett where he husband died February 7th, 1913. Mrs. Barnett has been practically an invalid since the summer of 1918, due to much anxiety over the enlistment of her grandchildren in the world war and from a sun stroke coming to her while keeping house for her son, J. R. Barnett at Harwood, Texas, where he was farming, after which she has been in Palacios continuously. For the past six weeks she has been fast failing until her death was not unexpected. She was the mother of five children, three boys and two girls of whom two sons survive her, James Randolph, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and John Franklin of Palacios. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Barnett was an ideal mother, thoroughly entering in to the lives of her children, in their school as well as their play, with a sympathy and understanding that remains as a beautiful memory with them—not only her own children, but her two grandchildren whom she reared, Mrs. L. S. Appleton of Palacios and H. F. Barnett of Tacoma, Washington. As an invalid for nine years she has been a patient sufferer that what would be termed a care by many has been only a privilege of service and an opportunity to show appreciation for the many years of service and mother love given her children and grandchildren, who at her going can only have the deepest feeling of gratitude for the impressions received and the protection which she made possible. “Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised.” “Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates.”
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Price Menefee Barnett, 66, of Palacios died December 22 at Wagner General Hospital. His church affiliation was Baptist and he was a member of the V. F. W. and Woodmen of the World. Survivors include: wife, Johnnie Johnson Barnett of Palacios; daughter, Susan Marie Furman of Austin; son, John F. Barnett II of Rosenberg; sisters, Sunshine B. Edwards of Palacios, Grace E. Ferguson of Bryan; 2 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at Palacios Funeral Home Chapel Wednesday, December 24, at 10 a. m. with Rev. Leon Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow at Palacios Cemetery. Services under the direction of Taylor Brothers Palacios Funeral Home. The Daily Tribune, December 23, 1980 Mrs. Price M. Barnett – Ora Marie Clardy Barnett Our community was enveloped in a spirit of grief and sadness last Wednesday when it learned of the sudden passing of Mrs. Price M. Barnett, who had grown to young womanhood in our midst. The funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on October 21st at 10:00 a. m. and were conducted by Rev. L. W. Crouch, district missionary of the Colorado Baptist Association, and her pastor, rev Rayford B. Harris. Appropriate music was furnished by the young women’s octette of the church, amidst a profusion of flowers as a final tribute from her many friends. Ora Marie Barnett was born October 21, 1925, in Matagorda County, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Clardy residing then near Palacios. She attended the Palacios schools and was a graduate of the class of 1944. She prepared herself for secretarial work and spent some time in this line of endeavor in the office of A. R. Matthes Equipment company at Bay City, Texas. She was united in marriage to Price M. Barnett on March 17, 1947, to which union, one child, a daughter, was born. Mrs. Barnett was a good Christian young woman having been a member of the First Baptist Church of Palacios since March 3, 1940, and had associated herself in the various phases of church work through the years, endearing herself to all who knew her so well, and who loved her for her many attributes of character and winning friendliness. She is survived by her husband, Price M. Barnett, and daughter, Susan Marie, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Clardy, two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Jones and Miss Mittis Clardy, as well as a number of aunts, uncles and cousins. Relatives attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Truitt Jones of Franklinton, La.; Mr. and Mrs. Almond Lyles and Mrs. Beatrice Allen, aunts, of Wadley, Ala.; Mrs. E. O. Pair, aunt, Mr. Ralph Denny, uncle, both of Talladega, Ala.; Mrs. Lois Owen, aunt, of Littlefield, Texas; Mrs. Katherine Hindman of Houston, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamblee of El Campo, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sexton of Bay City Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ferguson of Bryan, Texas; Mrs. Sunshine B. Edwards of San Antonio, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. George Ernest Menefee, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Menefee, Mr. and Mrs. George E. (Buddy) Menefee, Mrs. E. L. Farris, Mrs. Fannie McDowell, Mrs. Jennie White and Mr. John Menefee, all of Edna, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. John Menefee, Jr. of Houston, Texas; and Mr. and Mrs. Will Merriweather of Egypt, Texas. The pallbearers were John C. Richards, Steve Parsutt, Glendale Claybourn, Johnnie Sardelich, Guy Stulting and Gordon Starr. Palacios Beacon, October 27, 1949
PALACIOS - Johnnie E. Barnett, 84,
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Mr.
John Edward Barnett died at the home of his son, J. F. Barnett, in
this city, Friday evening, the 7th inst., at 7:30
o’clock, from an acute attack of lagrippe, at the age of 66 years, 1
month and 17 days. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
four o’clock at the home of Mr. J. F. Barnett, conducted by Rev. J.
W. Israel, pastor of the Baptist church, followed by interment at
the city cemetery. The funeral services were attended by a large
company of the sympathizing friends of the family, more than the
first floor rooms of the spacious residence could accommodate.