Obituary for Fannie Elizabeth (Elmore) Barley (1862-1920)
Uncited clippings from the "Mattie Davis Martin Collection" of Doris Martin Jablonski, 1998.

Fannie Elizabeth (Elmore) BARLEY was born on the 18th day of October 1862, at or near Hawk Point and died at her home in Hawk Point on the 2nd day of June 1920, being 57 years, 8 months and 16 days old.

Sister BARLEY was the daughter of Thomas and Mary E. ELMORE, being one of eleven children and at the time of her death was survived by an aged mother, Mary E. ELMORE, of Hawk Point, Jeff ELMORE, of Old Monroe, Dan ELMORE of the State of Oregon and Mrs. Ida DIECKMAN, of near Warrenton.

Mrs. Barley was united in marriage to George W. BARLEY on the 28th day of February, 1883. To this union were born five children, all of whom survive her, Mrs. Mollie BORGMAN, of near Warrenton, Mrs. Clementine CAPPS of Middletown, William O. And Otha F. BARLEY of Hawk Point and George P. BARLEY of Middletown. Her husband preceded her to the grave on the 11th day of April 1912.

Sister BARLEY united with the Primitive Baptist church of Warren county some thirty years ago at a church called Little Bethel in which faith she was very fervent, and was very much admired by the sisters and brothers of her church. Sister BARLEY was very deeply impressed in the faith and a short time after the loss of her farm house on the farm just south of town she told her daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Barley, that she was humble and that God had appeared to her in the night and told her that she was to be called home in heaven in a short time.

She seemed very much enthused and delighted and made all arrangements as to her funeral as to the selection of hymns and the passages of scripture she desired read and also wrote a letter to her children to be read after her decease.

The funeral service was conducted by her pastor at the Christian Church in Hawk Point; the house was filled with sorrowing friends, and relatives and the writer tried to speak words of comfort to those present from the text, "If in this life we have no hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable," after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery near Hawk Point to wait the resurrection morn and may the Lord bless the dear children and while we mourn our loss we mourn not as those that have no hope. - Stuart FLANIGAN

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Note regarding clippings from the "Mattie Davis Martin Collection":   Mattie Davis Martin (1875-1943) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.   She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents.  The majority of the clippings were without citation, and kept stored in an old purse. Doris Martin Jablonski, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion on our Lincoln County Heritage/Records Page.

File submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Doris Martin Jablonski, 8 August 1998.

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