THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, June 4, 1931

 

W. L. Barber, aged 44, died Monday afternoon at three o'clock in the Flagler hospital in St. Augustine of pneumonia after only a few days in bed. Mr. Barber was a resident of Flagler county for the past 25 years, coming here with other members of his family from Baxley, Georgia. He was one of a family of thirteen children, and the first member of the family to pass away.

Surviving the deceased are his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Barber; eight brothers, four sisters and one son. Three brothers reside here, J. D., J. S. and G. M., and one sister, Mrs. Fred Booe. The other brothers are Neal and C. J. of Alma, Ga.; D. W. of Tucson, Ariz.; John M. of Detroit and I. L. of Cross City, Florida. His other sisters are Mrs. E. E. Howard of Jesup, Ga.; Mrs. R. L. Lovett, of Savannah, Ga.; and Mrs. Max Fein of New York City. The son, Eugene, resides at Robertsdale, Alabama.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at two o'clock from the home of his sister, Mrs. Fred Booe, and was in charge of Rev. J. M. DeVette, pastor of the Baptist church of Bunnell.

Burial was made at Espanola cemetery shortly after the funeral services.

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Name: William Lemuel (Lem) Barber
Born: 13 Feb 1888, Baxley, Appling CO, GA
Died: 01 Jun 1931, St Augustine, St Johns CO, FL
Spouse: Mamie Kemp
Parents: John Benjamin Barber and Mary Smith