The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-11
Funeral SerUices For |E. ". Barrett WiH Be
 Held Todayat5 O'Clock
Continuous Throng of Fellow ToWnsmen Express Condo Ience to the Bereaved Family of Editor

Funeral services for. Edward ". Barrett, editor of The Age-Herald, who died of heart failure Sunday night. will be held from the residence. s60S Cliff Road, this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Rev. Middleton s. Barnwell. rector of the Church of the Advent, will officiate. 1nterment will follow at Elmood cemetery.
 The active pallbearers. all mem- bers of The Age Herald staff, will be C. M. Stanley, A. NJ. Holt, W. H. Jeffries. Paul Cook, J. L. McRae, C. H. Mandy, k. r. willingham. and Gus Douglas.
 Honorary pallbearers. George w. Connors, Jack Phillips, Robert Jemi- son. Jr., Walter Moore, Ross c. Smith, Erskine Ramsay. Frank Crockard, Felix Drennen. W. II. Kettig, Frank Nelson, John Kaul, Gordon Crawford II. l.. Badham, Sr., w. W. Crawford. l.. V. Clark, J. W. Mcqueen, Hugh Morrow, Walter Fowlkes, pr. N. F. Cooke. Hubert Drenncr, Dr. ]. D. 5. Davis, k. II. Mcintosh J. A. beVert, E. L. Brown, N. L. Miller. John Turner, E. G. Chandler, s. W. Lee. oscar Wells, F. Y. Evans, o. W. Underwood, Frank Grider, pr. W. NJ. Jordon. John E. 1 Turner, Laurens JoLes, w. P. Redd and Knox Fleming.
 Mir. Barrett Is survived by his widow and three children. Miss Jane Barrett, Miss Kitty Barrett and Ed ward W. Barrett, Jr. Ensign George Cunningham. U. s. N. is a stepsen of Mir Barrett.
 Other surviving relatives include ] lis brother, Thomas Barrett Of All { gusta, Ga, and two sisters, Mrs. N 1 b. Dugas and Mrs. Savannah Butt
 Mir. Barrett died suddenly at 10.40 o'clock Sunday evening while bathing with a party of friends in RoebuclS 1 Springs swimming pool. The body was taken in charge by Johns and removed to the residence yesterday morning at o'clock.
 Attesting the esteem in which MT Barrett was held b. his fellow towns men, and the love they bore for one who loved them and his city, con tlnuous stream of people poured into the residence throughout the adaS lsyesterday. Beginning carly in the morning prominent men and womef came to express their confidence some in dry-eyed Horrow, other' plainly showing their emotion.
 Among the early arrivals at th' Barrett home was a large delegation from the Birmingham News, Including practically the entire editorial ant business staff.
 Expressions of Condoience
 Throughout the day scores O telegrams, coming from all sections | of the state and nation were re ceived by the family. They include' letters of sympathy from prominen l citizens and officials--state an' national figures--editors and pub fishers and from representative from other walks of life. In convey ing the expressions of sympathy U tho family. the messages invariab'' paid high tribute to the worth ant usefulness of Mrl Barrett and of tn valiant service he had rendered hi city, state and country In his use full career.
 While Mir. Barrett had been some what Indisposed for some time. n
 
 at the time of his sudden death. Tn great throng of sorrowing friend and acquaintances who gathered a the Barrett home yesterday and tn endless stream of messages are remarkable testimonial of the gri , which is felt in Birmingham and Ala bama and In many other states of th union over the death of him who he wielded his pen for the bettermen of his city. state and country for quarter of century.
 Eve of Silver Anniversary
 Mir. Barretts death came less tha month before he would have ob served his silver anniversary as ed itor and principal owner of The Age Herald. which he acquired when ever day presented new struggle by tn paper for its existence, and whici by brain and hard work he soon con verted into a paying proposition, an finally into one of the leading news papers of the country.
 MT. Barrett had called The Age Herald office by telephone less ths an hour before he was stricken. II lad entered the pool at Roebuc Springs with the swimming part and was just preparing for swir lNhen he gasped once and was dea when removed from the water. Il with Mrs Barrett, had accepte earlier in the day an invitation to dinner party with R. H. McIntos az host. Other guests included NJ and Mrs Henry Badham. Dr. an Mrs. N F. Cooke, Mrs. Fanny De Bardeleben, Mrs. Walker Percy an Mir and Mrs. Hubert Drennen. It was near Mrs. Drennen he stoo when he gave q muffied outcry an seized her by the hand. Her call for aid brought other members c the party, Dr. Cooke and others mak ing every effort to resuscitate hin but it was found that he had die