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Born: Jun 16, 1931 in Sagerton
Died: Aug 31, 1947
Father: Fred H. BARR
Mother: Myrtle SULLIVAN
Drowned in Duck Creek
Obituary
Billy Boy Barr, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Barr of Spur, was drowned Sunday afternoon at 3:30 while swimming in a swimming hole on the Andrew Blair farm, five miles east of Spur. The youth was accompanied by three companions from Spur and their efforts to get him out of the water were futile. Aid was summoned from Spur and the body was recovered by divers.He was rushed to the Nichols General Hospital where he was treated and Clyde Walthall, Navy veteran, gave artificial respiration for more than an hour in an attempt to revive the youth. He had been in the water for some time when recovered and did not respond to artificial respiration.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Baptist Church in Spur by Rev. Aubrey McCauley and Rev. C.N. Gilbert.
Interment was in the Spur Cemetery.
Billy Boy was born in Sagerton on June 16, 1931 and would have been a junior in the local high school this year. He moved to Spur two years ago with his parents and has attended school here since that time.
Pallbearers were J.W. Newby, Jimmy Koons, Austin Watson, Lovell Hobson, Kenneth Williams and Ray Robinson.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. And Mrs. Fred H. Barr, sisters, Mrs. Elois Dedmon, Mrs. Francis Dansby of San Antonio, and Mae of Spur. Brothers, Joe, and Donnie R. of here; and grandfather, Western Sullivan of Kentucky.
Chandler Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, September 4, 1947
Transcribed February 22, 2005 by DCHC members.
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