Obit., 1972 - mid-Missouri newspaper: "Will Barnhart, 69 of Meta died Thursday, (April 20, 1972) at Charles E. Still Hospital. He was born Aug. 4, 1902 in Maries County, the son of David and Cordelia Pendleton Barnhart. he was married April 19, 1930, in Vienna, to the former Miss Bonnie Wilson, who survives. Mr. Barnhart was a member of the Ricker Memorial Church of the Nazarine near Meta. He was a farmer and employee of the rock Island Railroad at Meta. Survivors include his wife, a son, Ernest Barnhart; two brothers, Arlie Barnhart and Oda Barnhart, all of Meta. Six sisters - Mrs. Eva Champlain, Mrs. Ella Seaton and Mrs. Corda Rakes, all of Meta; Mrs. Lizzie Copeland and Mrs. Mary Duncan, both of Dixon; and Mrs. Martha Wilson, Iberia. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Ricker Memorial Church of the Nazarine with the Rev. Milton Wilson officiating. Burial was in the Stokes Cemetery near Meta. Stevinson Funeral Service, Meta, was in charge of the arrangements."