BARNETT, Emmett Tipton 1858 - 1939

BARNETT, MCNEESE, BRADLEY, ROBINSON, GARDNER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, April 3, 1939
Front Page, Column 6

E. T. BARNETT, 81, IS DEAD
Funeral services for well-known farmer Tuesday afternoon

Emmett Tipton BARNETT, 81, well-known farmer, passed away Sunday evening at 9:45 p.m. at his home, 700 West Broadway. He had been ill for some time.

Mr. BARNETT moved to Fairfield about 12 years ago with his family from Keosauqua. He formerly lived in Illinois before coming to Keosauqua.

He was born on Jan. 31, 1858 at Coldbrook, Ill. Mr. BARNETT was a farmer until later years when his health failed. He was a member of the Christian church in Keosauqua.

He is survived by his wife and two children, Mrs. Harold McNEESE of Fairfield and Elmer T. BARNETT, also of Fairfield. Also surviving are two brothers, Otis BARNETT of Monmouth, Ill., and Sheldon BARNETT of Oquawka, Ill.; and two sisters, Mrs. Alma BRADLEY and Mrs. Etta ROBINSON, both of Monmouth.

The body was brought to the Weston Behner Funeral Home and later removed to the home where it will remain until Tuesday morning.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Weston Behner Funeral home. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

~~~~
Copied with permission from The Fairfield Ledger, Inc. IAGenWeb Bylaws PROHIBIT the COPYING AND RE-POSTING OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY PUBLIC VENUE such as Ancestry or Find A Grave without WRITTEN permission from the poster ~ copyright restrictions apply.
*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.275 with wife Myra GARDNER BARNETT who died in 1946. His given name is spelled 'Emmet' on his gravestone, and according to his death certificate he died April 1st, not the 2nd that the obituary alludes to.