submitted by
Peg Jones
OBITUARY

Wayne County Press
ABT 1968

Edgar Barnard
Of Wayne City  Dies At Age 82

Edgar Barnard, 82, of Wayne City, died at 2:10 p.m. Thursday  at the Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He was a retired farmer.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Bailey Baptist church, of which he had been a member since 1907. Burial will be in the Bailey cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne City, where friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Mr. Barnard was born August 31, 1886, in Wayne county, the son of Eli and Melvina  (Henson) Barnard.

On October 27, 1907, he was married to Nellie Dawson, who died in 1938.

Survivors include two sons, Normie Barnard of Wayne City and Otho Barnard of Chenoa; two brothers, Ralph Barnard of Cisne and Elmer Barnard of Johnsonville; one sister, Mrs. Mahala Shaw; and five grandchildren.

#2  Edgar Barnard Rites

Funeral services for Edgar Barnard, 82, of Wayne City, wereconducted from the Bailey Baptist church near Wayne City Sunday afternoon, with interment in Bailey cemetery.

The Richardson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Was Retired Farmer

Mr. Barnard, a retired farmer, died at 2:10 p.m. Thursday at Memorial hospital.

He was born in Wayne county Aug. 31, 1886, the son of Eli and Melvina Henson Barnard.

On Oct. 27, 1907, he was married to Nellie Dawson, who preceded him in death in 1938.

He had been a member of the Bailey church since 1907.

Surviving are two sons, Normie, of Wayne City, and Otho, of Chenoa; two brothers, Ralph Barnard, of Cisne; and Elmer Barnard, of Johnsonville; one sister, Mrs. Mahala Shaw; and five grandchildren.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends and relatives for their prayers, for the food that was brought in, for the lovely flowers and cards, to the nursing staff at Memorial Hospital and to Dr. Ransom for every act of kindness extended at the death of our loved one. They will be treasured memories.
The Family Of
EDGAR BARNARD

Mar 26,  2001
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