Josephus R. Barnette |
| Posted 2008-11-08 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ September 13, 1957, p. 1 Funeral Thursday For J. R. Barnette Who Died Monday Members of the local Masonic lodge, which he helped found and of which he was the first Worshipful Master, assisted by Rev. Bill Barker, pastor of the Baptist Church, conducted funeral services at 5 p. m. Thursday at the Wickenburg Chapel for J. R. Barnette who passed away at community Hospital at 4:10 p. m. Monday. Burial was to be in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Barnette had been admitted to the hospital following an illness. While in the hospital he fell and broke a hip. Mr. Barnette led a life rich in the history of Arizona. He was a member of the committee which framed the state’s constitution in 1912. He was the first justice of the peace in Miami. Since moving to Wickenburg in 1917 he served two terms in the State Legislature, 16 years on the school board, many years on the Town Council, organized the Masonic lodge here, served as a weather observer for the federal government longer than any other person in the state, and was a charter member of the Eastern Star. Born in Arkansas in 1873, he moved to Texas, while still a young boy, In 1892 he moved to Arizona when he became wrangler for the Chirchuchua Cattle Co. near Safford. He later lived in Globe, Miami and in the Salt River Valley. He was married in Safford in 1895 to Minnie Allen who died in Wickenburg in 1955 soon after she and Mr. Barnette observed their 60th wedding anniversary. Surviving are three sons, Lee of Bishop , Calif., Wayland of Lafayette, Calif., and Foy of Apache Junction; Three daughters, Mrs. Neill Heuloth of San Pedro, Calif., Mrs. Harold Johnson of Tucson, and Mrs. Charles Whadford of Hotchkiss, Colo. Also surviving are a foster daughter, Mrs. Ivy Woolery of Pine, Ariz.; a brother, A. F. Barnett of Chandler; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Brenner and Mrs. Lee Nix, both of Portland, Ore.’ 17 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A son, Raleigh, died in 1951. Members of the Masonic lodge served as pallbearers and music at the final rites was furnished by Mrs. Reuben Stifel with Mrs. Carl Shride at the piano. See Also: Find a Grave |
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