WILLIAM S. BARRON

 

1945

William S. Barron, 54, was found dead at 11 o'clock Saturday morning in his room at the Rollman rooming house, West and Chestnut streets.  At the coroner's investigation it was found that death had occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday from a heart attack.

 

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Colvin and Son chapel with Dr. L. C. Jeffrey officiating.  Burial was in White church cemetery.

 

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Manning of Chicago; five sisters, Mrs Bert Justice, Mrs. B. C. Holland, Mrs. James Boyd, and Mrs. Dewit Boyd, all of Gadsden, Ala; and Mrs. Nettie Johnson of Georgia; two brothers, Charles and Grady Barron of Gadsden, Ala., and one grandson.

 

Mr. Barron was a former employee of the Southern Railway shops.

*newspaper unknown - Possibly Princeton, In

 

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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers to Posey County INGenWeb

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Added, 6 Oct 2012:  Birth date, 4 Apr 1891; Death Date, 6 Apr 1945; Buried in Columbia (White Church) Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.  Informant was Mildred Manning, Chicago, Illinois.) (Data  from Gibson County Health Department Records:  Book 5:140.

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