Extracted from The Big Spring Herald (Big Spring, TX)
Thursday, May 16, 1974

Herbert Barr

COLORADO CITY -- Herbert Barr, 53, of Hobbs, N.M., formerly of Colorado City, died Tuesday morning at Hobbs. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Kiker-Seale Chapel in Colorado City.

Burial will be in the Colorado City Cemetery.

Mr. Barr was born Nov. 17, 1920 in DeQueen, Ark. and had lived in Colorado City before moving to Hobbs in 1946. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. He was owner of a feed store in Hobbs.

Survivors are his wife, Katherine; his father, James Barr of Colorado City; two sons, Stanley Barr and Donald Barr, both of Hobbs, N.M.; three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Alexander, Mrs. Bernice Walker and Mrs. Margaret Brown, all of Colorado City; four brothers, Robert Barr, Hubert Barr, Lloyd Barr and Floyd Barr, all of Colorado City.