Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Barbee, W. E. 247252

Birth: 02/18/1882 Death: 09/20/1921 Marriage:

Cemetery: Providence (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. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, September 21, 1921: “W. E. Barbee, aged 39 years, died at 7 o’clock yesterday morning at the Aikin hospital from an abscess in the side for which he had undergone an operation a few weeks ago. He was born and reared in the Maxey community and moved from thereto Paris several years ago. A few years ago he went out Western Texas to work for an oil producing company. He had returned to Paris only a short time ago. He is survived by a wife and five children, and by his mother, three brothers, E. E., C. L., and R. S. Barbee, and a half sister, Miss Clara Moore, stenographer and typewriter in the mayor’s office. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Providence, northeast of town, conducted by Rev. Lee Garrett.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: W F Barbee
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Sep 1921
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1882
Birthplace: Texas, Texas
Father’s Name: William Barbee
Mother’s Name: M J Harty
Record Number: 25812
GS Film Number: 2074341
Digital Folder Number: 005145441
Image Number: 02774
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34M-WC9 : 13 March 2018), M J Harty in entry for W F Barbee, 20 Sep 1921; citing certificate number 25812, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,341.

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