Longtime Delano resident, James "Paul" Barrett, was born in Fittstown,
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, on December 1, 1917. He went home to meet the
Lord on December 13, 2003. A private family memorial service was held December
15, 2003, in Delano at the Lane Family Funeral Home. His funeral will be held
December 19, 2003, in Stonewall, Oklahoma, and burial at Jesse Cemetery.
He married Louise Holland on April 12, 1941, in Connerville, Oklahoma.
They had three daughters. He loved fishing, golfing and hunting; but he
especially loved his family. Paul was a man with a tremendous "generous" heart and
was loved by everyone who knew him.
Paul is survived by his wife, Louise, of 62 years; daughters, Ann Grogan
and husband, Dick, Paula Clark and husband, Brad, Betty Frost and husband,
Jerry; grandchildren, Tracy Collins and husband, Gary Shelley Sanguras and
husband, Barry, Jimbo Brown, Liberty Amundson and husband, Sean and Steve Frost;
great grandchildren, Lance, Morgan, Sydney, Kyle, Courtney, Josh and Rowdy; and
also numerous sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and friends. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Nelson and Annie Laura Barrett; brothers,
Curtis, Leonard and Floyd Barrett; sisters, Edna Adamson and Olin Duty.
Paul was a World War II Army Veteran and served in the Asiatic Pacific
Theatre. After leaving the military in 1945, he was employed by Schenley
Winery for 35 years. After retirement, you could find Paul on the golf course just
about any day, "rain or shine." He loved to go back to Stonewall, Oklahoma to
visit family and friends. There he was always fishing or squirrel hunting.
The family would like to extend special thanks to the crew at Pioneer
Restaurant for treating our Mom and Dad so special.
Lane Family Funeral Home - Delano, CA
Criswell Funeral Home - Ada, OK
