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Submitted: 2/23/14 • Approved: 2/24/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R3251-G3249-S3
Louis - April 5, 1912 - April 29, 1997
Aline - February 23, 1919 - December 6, 2008
*Obituary
Funeral services for Frances Aline McDonald Barnett, 89 of DeBerry, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with Reverend David Urban officiating. Interment followed at Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Barnett died Saturday, December 6, 2008 in Carthage.
Mrs. Frances Aline McDonald Barnett was born February 23, 1919 in Antioch, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana to Clayton and Fannie Maude Nicholas McDonald. One of eight children, she graduated in 1935 from Lisbon High School in Lisbon, LA. Mrs. Barnett joined the Army Air Force in 1943 during World War II, attained the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1945. She later married Louis G. Barnett on February 25, 1946 and together they celebrated 51 years of marriage until his death on April 29, 1997. Mrs. Barnett worked several years for Elysian Fields School District in the cafeteria and was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church since 1951. Mrs. Barnett was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brothers, Auben McDonald, Bill McDonald and Nank McDonald, sister, Ruby Haynes and a granddaughter, Ashley.
Survivors include son Glen Louis Barnett, of Henderson; daughters Linda Day and husband Al, of Lake Jackson and Mary Williams and husband John Ben, of Carthage; brother Felton McDonald and wife Bettye, of Homer, LA; sisters Doris Shelton, of Patagonia, AZ and Nell Hughes, of Ferriday, LA; special friend Abbie McJimsey; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; numerous other relatives and a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Floyd Jeffress, Vance Walker, George Hill, Cliff Yount, John Hugh Jernigan, Joe Lynn Lawless, James David Lawless and Joe Reeves. Honorary pallbearers were Doc Clifford, Buddy Gibbs and Gloria Creel.
Plot: T-227 Garden of Memories
Photo Courtesy of Steve Gorbet
Contributed on 2/23/14
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