The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-12
TON, ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. MO, JANUARY IL 1911
DEATH OF DIR. BART FLEMING.


DR.. John BARLEY Fleming died at
the Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis,
at O'Clock Friday afternoon, Janu-
airy q, 1911, aged 33 years, one month
and twenty days. On December 30
he was taken from Pennington,
where he, his wife and little daugh-
ter were visiting his brothers and
sister, and the same day was oper-
ated on for appendicitis, which de-
veloped into general peritonitis. As
our paper went to press last Thurs
day an encouraging message of his
condition was received, but on Fri
day relapse occurred and he
passed over the river just one week
after the operation was performed.
John BARLEY Fleming was the
youngest son of Samuel =. and
Elizabeth Fleming, and was born on
the Fleming farm, three miles east
OF Farmington, on November II,
1877. After receiving common
school education, he took the aca-
demic course in the State Univer-
sity, and then entered the St. Louis
Medical College, from which he
graduated In 1899. In the fall OF the
same year he located at Aurora,
Mo-, for the practice of his profess
sion, which he followed with rare
success up to the time of his death.
On March G, 1901, he was married to
Miss katheryn Miller, one of Auro-
ra's most estimable and charming
young women. TO them two chill
dren were born, a son and daugh-
ter. The little boy was taken from
them about two years ago, but the
dear little daughter, Virginia, aged
two years, remains To comfort and
share the sorrow of the deeply be-
reaved wife.
Bart, and we speak of him now as
"A boy whom we watched develop
from boyhood to manhood, was a
model youth, courteous aud Oblig-
ing to all, of unsullied morals and
department, "A comfort and pride Ia
his parents and to his elder brothers
and sisters, and gave promise of de.
velOping into just such worthy,
upright and useful Christian man
as his maturer years proved him. Ii
is not strange, then, that in the
community where he located in the
beginning of his professional career
he should have gained the esteem,
the confidence and the love of the
people. The sadness there, as well
as here, where live his two brothers
w. n. Fleming, DR.. Charles II.
Fleming, and his only surviving
sister, Mrs. Pattie Buck, over the
untimely death of one whose life
promised so much of usefulness to
his fellOwmen and of joy and happi-
ness to his family, is widespread.
If human sympathy could assuage
their sorrow and grief, how soon
would their tears be dried, but we
can only feel and give such solacc
as lies within us to the aching
heart, Bart was Christian, who
lived and died with the faith and
hope of Christian, and therein is
Ia tnt Ia. Ian
to the desolate hearts of those near
est and dearest to him" there is no
death! what seems SO is transition
he lives and they will meet again.
After services Saturday morning
at the home of his cousin, DR.. Syl.
vester NifOng on Kings Highway,
st. Louis, conducted by Rev. c. f..
Hickok Of this place, the body was
taken To Aurora, there to be laid by
the side of his little boy. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. n. Fleming and DR.. and
Mrs, c. r. Fleming, and his be-
reaved wife, who had been near him
during his suffering, with other
friends, formed the sad home-taking
company. His sister, Mrs. Buck,
was sick, so that she and her hus-
band could not accompany them. At
Aurora the Knights Templar met
them at the train, took charge of
the body and held watch over It un.
til the funeral services at the Christ
ian Church the next day, and he
was laid at rest with the impressive
Masonic rites.
LICENSED TO MARRY.