Harry G. Barrett, Jr.

Newsoms – Harry Grover Barrett, Jr., 86, a lifelong resident of the Statesville community, passed away April 21, 2008. A retired farmer, he was the son of the late Harry Grover Barrett, Sr., and Eunice Myrick Barrett. He was a charter member of the Newsoms Ruritan Club and a 50+ year member of Courtland Masonic Lodge #85 AF&AM. Mr. Barrett was a member of Barnes United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Louise Lilly Barrett; his daughter, Mary Lou Smith and husband, David, of Cary, NC; two sons, Grover Barrett and wife, Terry, of Richmond and Carter Barrett and wife, Martha, of Poquoson; nine grandchildren, Jackie S. Jenkins and husband, Adam, Rebecca Smith, Jonathan and Emma Barrett, Darden Barrett, Grey, Elizabeth, Anne and Mellie Ligon.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes United Methodist Church with the Rev. Darwin Edwards officiating. Interment, with Masonic Rites, will follow in Hollywood Cemetery. The family will receive friends today (Tuesday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and suggests memorials be made to Barnes United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Hilda Drake, 32561 Cypress Swamp Rd., Newsoms, VA, 23874 or the American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060.