Joe Barefield was born in Grand
Chain, Illinois, December 23rd, 1894, the son of the late
Romulus and Lottie Barfield.
He was united in Holy Matrimony
to Sallie Henderson and to this union five children were born. A step son Charley
Wilson preceded him in death.
He claimed Christ as his personal Saviour at an early
age and united with the First Missionary Baptist Church of
Grand Chain, ILL., where he was a faithful and active member
until his death.
Joe Barefield departed this
life, Monday Morning, Nov. 26th, 1979 at the Massac Memorial
Hospital, in Metropolis, Illinois having reached the age of
eighty-four years and eleven months.
Besides his parents and
step-son, he was also preceded in death by twelve sisters and
brothers.
He leaves to cherish his memory
his wife, Sallie; three sons, Hobart and Thelma of Karnak,
Illinois, Alex of St. Louis, Mo.; two daughters, Ruth Foulks
of Pulaski, Ill., and Mollie Tyson of Metropolis, Ill.;
twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, two
sisters-in-law, Pearlie Barfield and Mazella Barfield; nieces,
nephews, a host of other relatives and friends.
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