Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Thursday, December 19, 1974

Bob Barefield

Funeral services were held Sunday for Robert M. (Bob) Barefield, 72, of Winnsboro at the chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home with Rev. Lowry Russell and the Rev. Gene Brown officiating.

Burial was in the South Central Cemetery in Wisner. He died Friday at the Caldwell Parish Hospital.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Barefield of Winnsboro; six sons, J. B. Barefield, Jigger, Raymond Barefield of Tucson, Ariz., Carl Barefield of West Monroe, George Barefield of Monroe, Russell Barefield and Robert Barefield, both of Winnsboro; five daughters, Mrs. Mamie Diamond, Mrs. Emma Glasscock, Mrs. Lottie Corbin and Miss Linda Barefield, all of Monroe and Mrs. Betty Peterson of Norwood; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Anders [sic Andrews] of Winnsboro; 24 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

A member of the Magnolia Baptist church, he was a retired famer [sic] and constuction worker.