The Robesonian., 1918-06-06
LuNdBERTON NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JUNE G. 1918
r. R. BARNES PASSES.


Wealthiest Man of Robson Died
Suddenly Tuesday-Funeral at
Barnesville Yesterday Afternoon
High Tribute to His Christian Char
acter and Sterling Worth.
The funeral of Mr.. R. R. Barnes,
who died at his home at BarnesviIle
at 4:1O Tuesday afternoon, took place
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
Spring Hill Baptist church at Barnes
vile. The church was crowded to it's
capacity and many could not get i'm
side. The entire countryside seemed
to have turned out to pay last trib-
ute to this man who for long years
was the most prominent figure in his
section and one Of the most prominent
and honored men of the county, and
a large number of people attended the
funeral from Lumbertor and many
other sections of the county. The fun
eral was conducted by Rev. j. r. Mil
ler of Fairmont, pastor of deceased,
assisted by Rev. DIR. G.. L. Greaves and
Rev. |. P. Hedgepeth Of Lumberton.
lnterment was made in the family
burying ground, just across the road
IN front of the home. Numerous and
beautiful floral offerings completely
covered the grave. On the casket as
it rested in the church and jcu~neyed
to It's last resting place were two
ribbon
Mr.. Barnes suffered an attack of
acute indigestion Friday night of last
week. 1t was thought that his condi-
ton was improving, but he became
worse and died very suddenly.
In his remarks at the funeral Mr..
Miller said that it was not necessary
to say anything to emphasize the es-
TEEN and love in which the deceased
) was held. He paid high tribute to
j his devotion to his church and declar-
ed that the poor of the community, to
whom he had always been a true
friend, would miss him greatly. Be-
ginning in adversity, Mr.. Barnes
pushed on with great will power and
determination, he said, and lived a
! great life. Verify prince in Israel
had fallen.
Mr.. S. Mcintyre, senior member of
the law firm of Mcintyre, Lawrence
& Proctor Of Lumberton, was asked
by Mr.. Miller to make some remarks
Mr.. Mcintyre said he had known the
deceased Intimately for % years, that
! during that time Mr.. Barnes never had
/ lawsuit in which his firm did not
represent him, and that he had been
profoundly impressed by the fact that
never had he heard deceased speak an
: unkind word of any person, that he
. was always SO anxious to do justice
, to those who opposed him that he
always wanted to go further than JUS
tice demanded. He was rare man
he said, rare in good sense and judg
ment; big man, big in those grea,
essentials of truth and character. The
greatest thing about him was his
great big loving heart. He held NJ
malice. He was so big in heart anc
Christian character that he lovee
those who hated him, if such there
were. He was fervent in spirit ane
served the Lord; he wanted to do al
he could for those about him; he love(
his family, his church, his Sunda!
school, and loved the Lord with pas
= sionate devotion. He made wonder
full success in business but he placed
: the interest of the Lord Jesus Chris
I above all. The rich aroma of his lif'
: will live; he leaves rich legacy O.
Christian character to his family.
t Rev. l. P. Hedgepeth also paid higl
$ acter of the deceased, whom he ha.
known all his life. The secret of hi
e life as pictured so truly by Mr.. Nc
S Intyre was that he was a genuinel:
: converted man, man who loved tn
S Lord and served Him. He was tina
9 rare combination, man of grea
e wealth who was devout Christian.
: During the services quartet com
posed of Messrs. Frank Cough, c.
: Skipper, E. B. Freeman and j. F
n Stephens of Lumberton sang the fol
e lowing songs, most touching an
tender part of the services: "Nearel
It My God, To Thee; "That Beautifu
< Land;" ssBlest Be the Tie Tha
l. Binds"
: It was raining when the service a
l. the church was concluded and tn
e casket was opened there instead of q
J the grave in order that those who dc
- sired to do so might take a last .ot
t. at the features of the deceased. tn
= rain continued throughout the intal
r. -nent.
u The pallbearers were: active-G.
It Thompson, H. T.. Stacy, u. =. Ranck
Jr., S. Mcintyre and H. NJ. McAllis
ter, all of Lumberton, bod Floyd,
n J. Noblin and J. w. Barnes, all {
Barnesville; honorary-Dr.. NJ, :
Thompson, Messrs. L. +. Caldwell, T
al B. Jennings, C. M. Fuller and R.
ID Lawrence, all Of Lumberton ar
as Messrs. Van Floyd, Thompson Wi
A. liams, Kirk Page and w. M. Walter
s. I'll of Barnesville.
l. r. R. Barnes was born December |
A. 1874, and was in his 74th year. +
n. was born and raised near Barnesvll
49, and spent all his life there. He was
q large merchant and farmer and f.
er many years had been considered Il
= wealthiest> ; man in the count
Besides his interests in and aroul
q Barnesville he owned large bio ks
g bank and mill stocks. He was
a rector of the Lumberton, Dresden al
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