Obituaries - 1971

BARRIER, MORRIS WELDON                                                                 October 30, 1909 � March 19, 1971

Morris Weldon Barrier, 61 year old resident of near Cookville died at his home Friday. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. James R. Moore of Dallas; two sons Ellis Knight Barrier of Dallas and Franklin Weldon Barrier of San Antonio; two sisters Mrs. Charles White and Mrs. Clyde Sealock both of Grand Prairie; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Concord Baptist Church with the Rev. Dale Reed and the Rev. Cleo Tate officiating. Burial was in the Concord Cemetery. (Row 30A NE)

BOOZER, WILLIAM (WILLIE) HENRY                                                     January 29, 1910 � March 16, 1971

Willie Boozer, 61, of Ajo, AZ formerly of Omaha, died Tuesday, March 16.  Funeral services were held at 2 pm Saturday, March 20, in Concord Baptist Church, with  the Rev. Dale Reed and Rev. Richard Shearer of Ajo, AZ officiating.  Burial was in Concord Cemetery.  Survivors include a son, Bobby Glenn, of Flagstaff, AZ; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Haskins of Okinawa; four sisters, Misses Dora and Fronie Boozer, Mrs. Irene Morris, all of Omaha; Mrs. Maggie Lee Branch of Longview; three brothers, Roy and Allen Boozer of Omaha and Howard Boozer of Dallas and six grandchildren.  Our-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral of Willie Boozer were: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Boozer and family of Flagstaff, AZ; Rev. Richard Shearer, his pastor, of Ajo, AZ; Howard Boozer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sosebee and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boozer, Johnnie Boozer of Dallas; Howard (Sonny)Boozer of Denver, CO; Rodney Richey of Carthage; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Branch, Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Rawls and Family, Mrs. Ouida Henson, Mrs. Thelma Austin, Mrs. Mildred Boozer of Longview; Mr. and Mrs. Billie Morris of Lone Star, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Boozer of Daingerfield; Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Richey, Mr. and Mrs. Vanoy Boozer, Rev. Cox, Louise Page; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Henderson of Naples, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Adams of Lancaster, TX; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Allen, Hubert Allen, Mrs. Merva Jones, Lelia Golden, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Belyeu, Mrs. Arthur Morris and Mrs. Mary Allen, Rev. Leo Pate, Rev. Cleo Pate, Rev. and Mrs. Hull Horton, Mrs. Virgie Wooten, Mrs. Vada Shoemake and Peggie Allen Winfield of Mt. Pleasant.  Pallbearers were J. B. Boozer, Vanoy Boozer, Billy Morris, Wendell Boozer, Johnny Boozer, H. O. Boozer, Thomas Beasley and W. C. Beasley.   (Row 2 SW)

SHARP, MARY CALDONIA                                                                         September 25, 1880 � December 30, 1971

Mrs. Mary Sharp 91, of Naples, died Thursday night at the home of one of her daughters.  Services were held at the Concord Baptist Church at Omaha on Saturday with the Rev. V. O. Glover and the Rev. Dale Reed officiating.  Burial was in the Concord Cemetery.  Mrs. Sharp was a member of the Rocky Branch Baptist Church and a lifetime resident of Morris County.  Survivors include two sons, Hubert Sharp of Greenville and Homer Lee Sharp of Nacogdoches; two daughters Miss Lula Mae Sharp of New Boston and Velma Fields of Naples; three brothers Charlie Collins of Ft. Payne, AL, Homer Collins of Naples and Dewey Collins of Daingerfield; nine grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. (W/o William Alexander Sharp) (Row 28 SE)