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Emmett M. Barton Obituary

LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO Jan. 28, 1944

EMMETT M. BARTON

Emmett Mayhew Barton, a son of the late Willis Fletcher and Mary David Barton, was born at Bonne Terre, Missouri, on July 7, 1886, and passed away at the Bonne Terre Hospital on Wednesday evening, January 26, 1944, aged 57 years 6 months 19 days.

Mr. Barton had been ill several weeks and had sustained several strokes of paralyses. He had been in Bonne Terre Hospital the past three weeks.

The body is at the family residence in Cantwell, and will lie in state there until Saturday afternoon when it will be removed to the Cantwell Baptist Church, of which he was a member, and the pastor, Rev. Melvin Short will conduct funeral services at two o'clock. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hood Service.

Mr. Barton was united in marriage at Elvins, Missouri, on April 11, 1903, to Miss Ida Belle Williams, who survives. He also leaves six children: a son, Roland Earl Barton of Cantwell; Elsie Lois (Mrs. Austin) Spray of Flat River; Gladys Helena (Mrs. Burton) Baldwin of Cantwell; Tessie Lillian (Mrs. Virgil) Adams of Flat River; Mary Lorene (Mrs. Ivan) Tawfall of Farmington; and Virginia Mae (Mrs. Wm.) Lunsford of Cantwell.

Besides his wife and children, his passing is mourned by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Herman Hogenmiller of Farmington; Lytle Barton of Esther; Edna (Mrs. Emmett) Ragsdale of St. Louis; Mrs. Beulah Seitler of Kirkwood; Buford Barton of Esther; Ruby (Mrs. Grover) Hood of St. Louis; and Curtis Barton of Salem, Ill.; also nine grandchildren, other relatives and a great many friends.

Mr. Barton had been employed by St. Joseph Lead Co. for many years, and was held in high esteem by everyone who knew him.