DATE: Sunday, October 5, 1997               TAG: 9710050040

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: ZUNI                              LENGTH:   27 lines

EMMIT G. BARRETT

Emmit Gavin Barrett, 77, of the 37000 block of Seacock Chapel Road, died Oct. 4, 1997, in Obici Hospital.

Born in Isle of Wight, he was a retired salesperson for Cogsdale Implement Co. and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church, where he was an honorary deacon. Mr. Barrett was a former member of Zuni Ruritan Club.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred Bowden Barrett; a daughter, Denise B. Murray and son-in-law, Woody Murray, of Nashville, Tenn.; a son, Keith G. Barrett and daughter-in-law, Jean W. Barrett, of Zuni; and grandchildren, Brad and Dana Barrett, and Kyle and Lindsay Murray. He was predeceased by his parents, Liza Jane Bryant and Mills Thomas Barrett; six brothers and seven sisters.

A funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church, Zuni, by the Revs. Steve Bradshaw, James Dunn and A.C. Bryant. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the residence, and requests that memorial contributions be made to the Ivor Rescue Squad or Missions Funds of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, is in charge of arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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