Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Barr, Sammy Lee 246017

Birth: 09/18/1953 Death: 09/29/1953 Marriage:

Cemetery: Benevolent Black (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Thursday, October 1, 1953, p. 20: "Barr Infant. Sammy Lee, 11-day old son of Loyce and Pauline Barr, 460-5th NE, who died Tuesday was buried Wednesday in Benevolent Cemetery in Northeast Paris. Graveside services were held and William Maxey Funeral Home made internment. Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Dorothy Jane, and three brothers, Louis Gene, John Robert and William Andrew Barr."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Sammie Lee Barr
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Sep 1953
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1953
Birthplace: Paris, Texas
Father's Name: Loyce Barr
Mother's Name: Pauline Dean
Certificate Number: 52232
GS Film number: 2113984
Digital Folder Number: 005145359
Image Number: 02873
Citing this Record: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K371-8V1 : accessed 16 July 2015), Sammie Lee Barr, 29 Sep 1953; citing certificate number 52232, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,113,984.

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