A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=328 Illinois Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59445 Article title: Pike Press Article date: July 16 2008 Article description: Obituary of Barnes, Sammy Article: Sammy Barnes, age 89 , of Pittsfield died early Friday morning (July 11, 2008) at the Hawthorne Inn assisted living in Pittsfield, Il.. He was born January 4, 1919 in Anada, Mo. son of the late Roy Lee and Louisa C. Irvine Barnes. He married Ellen Goodin on September 15, 1963 in Pittsfield, Il. and she survives. Also surviving are several cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a half-brother Harry Barnes. Mr. Barnes was raised on the Welch-Long farms between Anada, Missouri and Elsberry, Missouri. In 1941 he and his father operated the Mad River Farms near Anada, Mo. for several years. In 1967 Sammy and Ellen moved to Pittsfield, Il. where they farmed until he retired in 1982. Sammy attended Elsberry, Mo. schools where he graduated in 1937. He was an avid coin collector all his life and also was a sports card collector. He accepted Christ in 1937 and served in various capacities in the Detroit Christian Church in Detroit, Il. for most of his life. Funeral serv! ices will held 10 a.m. Monday (July 14, 2008) at the Detroit Christian Church in Detroit, Il. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services Monday at the church. Burial will be in Goodin Cemetery near Pittsfield, Il. Memorials can be made to the Detroit Christian Church or to Goodin Cemetery both c/o the funeral home. Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Pittsfield, Il. is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.airsman-hires.com. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com