Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

The Barnes Funeral

The funeral services for the late B. S. Barnes were held at the Presbyterian church at 10 a. m. today, haying been postponed from 2:30 yesterday to await the arrival of the son from Kansas City, Gilbert B. Barnes, the son, Harry Baker, brother of Claude Baker, arrived last night. The latter is located at South McAlester. The Presbyterian Church was crowded and many stood in the aisles and at the doors. The altar and the casket were banked with white chrysanthemums. The service was the finest we have ever heard in the city. The sermon by Rev. D. Luther Edwards from St. John 10:10 was such as our departed friend himself might have rejected to hear, and the singing by the choir was beautiful beyond description. The pall-bearers were R. E. Morrison, H. C. H. Brodboll, F. D. Foutz, Geo. H. Brett, W. T. Chase and J. S. Hutchins, old friends of the family. The services at the grave were beautiful and impressive. - Ponca City Courier, Nov. 24.

B.S. BARNES

B.S. Barnes, postmaster at Ponca City, dropped dead at his home in that city Nov. 21 from heart failure. He was one of the leading politicians in northern Oklahoma and took a conaplouous part in the recent election.