HUNDREDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO DR. BARR
Body Sent To San Antonio For Cremation; Many Floral Offerings
Hundreds of men, women and children from all walks of life, Friday paid final tribute to Dr. H.A. Barr, 65, beloved and prominent surgeon who died here early Thursday morning, when they attend brief funeral services at the Roberts Funeral chapel at 5:30 p.m. Throughout the day there had been a steady stream of persons by the casket as it lay in the reception parlors of the funeral home. Many of these, some from the highest stations of life, broke into tears as they gazed into the face of the man who had at critical times in their lives attended either themselves or a loved one. Attendants at the funeral parlor declared that as the crowds filed by in the flower banked rooms of the funeral home there was invariably heard the familiar remark "To him I owe my life," or "he saved my wife or my child," or some other loved one. Promptly at 5:30 p.m. when the funeral chapels, the family room and the parlors were filled with friends of the doctor, the brief funeral service began. Rev. J.W. Prince, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, in the absence of Dr. T.M. Hunter, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, read the burial service. At the request of the family, this service was only of a short duration, after which a short musical number was given by the choir of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Following the service, the family fled quietly out of the rear of the funeral home and went immediately to the train to accompany the body to San Antonio for cremation. At the train too, there stood hundreds of the doctor's friends who waited until the train pulled out of the station at 6:50 to bid a final farewell. The hundreds of beautiful floral tributes which came from medical and surgical men, as well as from friends over the country were removed immediately following the service to Hotel Dieu where the doctor had spent the major part of his years in surgery in Beaumont, practicing. After the corridors and the wards of that hospital were filled, still other car loads of sprays, baskets, and wreaths of every description were moved to St. Theresa's hospital, where they were also placed in the halls and waiting rooms. At 7 a.m. Saturday the body arrived in San Antonio, accompanied by the son, Dr. H. Buford Barr, associate of his father in practice, Lewis Williams, official of the Roberts Undertaking company, and Mrs. Nell White Barr, wife of the doctor. Cremation was to take place there Saturday, the body being removed immediately from the train to the crematory. The cremation was expected to be completed by late Saturday afternoon when the Beaumonters will return to their homes. Dr. Buford Barr expects to resume his work, as well as that of his late father, Monday.
Beaumont Journal, July 14, 1934
DR. H.A. BARR'S ASHES TO REST IN CEMETERY
Marble Memorial To Be Erected In Magnolia For Veteran Physician
A marble memorial to the late Dr. H.A. Barr, veteran surgeon, who died here about a month ago, will be placed in Magnolia cemetery, and the ashes of the doctor will be sealed in the base of this memorial. Following Dr. Barr's death, his body was cremated in compliance with a written request that he had filed among his papers. The space for the memorial is located in section 24 of Magnolia cemetery, this being in the new portion of the cemetery. The memorial, an impressive marble slab, will have engraved on the face the name of the doctor and the date and place both of his birth and his death. Beneath will be the following inscription:
Life's race well run,
Life's work well done,
Life's crown well won,
Now comes rest.
The ashes will be so sealed in the base of this marble that they may never be removed and they will remain as a permanent memorial to the man who began his work at the local hospitals when Beaumont was nothing but a tank town, and who through his untiring work won recognition as one of this section's most outstanding surgeons.
Beaumont Journal, August 16, 1934
H.A. Barr m. Nellie White, 1928, Harris County, TX
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BARR, HENRY A.
Henry A. Barr, M. D., who began the practice of medicine in Beaumont in December, 1898, is one of the ablest surgeons of the state. Since 1902 he has confined his practice almost entirely to surgery and has a reputation in this practice which extends throughout Southeast Texas.
Dr. Barr was born in San Felipe, Texas, August 3, 1869. His father, Elijah Barr, a native of Illinois and a farmer, is living in Gatesville, Texas. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary McDougall, a native of Scotland, died in 1897. After an education in the public schools and the state normal at Huntsville, he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. L. Clay of Woody, Texas. In 1896 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Texas, and after serving a year as interne in the John Sealy Hospital took a post-graduate course in surgery at the New York Polyclinic. He then located in Beaumont and has been devoted to his profession, both as a practitioner and student. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas State Medical Association, the East Texas Medical Association, and the Jefferson County Medical Society. Among the professional articles which he has written and addresses delivered may be noted the following: At the regular meeting of the Texas State Medical Association in 1901, Dr. Barr read a paper on Surgery of the Cranium and Brain, which was published in the transactions of the society for that year. He was elected orator of the Texas State Medical Association at its regular meeting in 1903; and the oration was delivered at the following regular meeting of the society at Austin, Texas, in 1904. In 1905 Dr. Barr read a paper before the State Medical Association, on Hydro-pyo-Nephrosis with a description of operation on an unusual and interesting case. Dr. Barr has also read numerous papers before district and county societies. He also served as chairman of Section on Surgery in the South Texas Medical and as president of the Jefferson County Medical Societies. He was associate editor of "Texas Medical News" for a number of years prior to its removal to Dallas.
Dr. Barr is a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the Beaumont Country Club, and is a Democrat in politics. In 1902 he married Miss Ida Buford, a daughter of Thomas Buford of Beaumont. They have three children: Henry Buford, Mary and Rebecca. Dr. Barr affiliates with the Beaumont Lodge No. 286, A. F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias, and Beaumont Lodge No. 311, B. P. O. E. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Body Sent To San Antonio For Cremation; Many Floral Offerings
Hundreds of men, women and children from all walks of life, Friday paid final tribute to Dr. H.A. Barr, 65, beloved and prominent surgeon who died here early Thursday morning, when they attend brief funeral services at the Roberts Funeral chapel at 5:30 p.m. Throughout the day there had been a steady stream of persons by the casket as it lay in the reception parlors of the funeral home. Many of these, some from the highest stations of life, broke into tears as they gazed into the face of the man who had at critical times in their lives attended either themselves or a loved one. Attendants at the funeral parlor declared that as the crowds filed by in the flower banked rooms of the funeral home there was invariably heard the familiar remark "To him I owe my life," or "he saved my wife or my child," or some other loved one. Promptly at 5:30 p.m. when the funeral chapels, the family room and the parlors were filled with friends of the doctor, the brief funeral service began. Rev. J.W. Prince, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, in the absence of Dr. T.M. Hunter, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, read the burial service. At the request of the family, this service was only of a short duration, after which a short musical number was given by the choir of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Following the service, the family fled quietly out of the rear of the funeral home and went immediately to the train to accompany the body to San Antonio for cremation. At the train too, there stood hundreds of the doctor's friends who waited until the train pulled out of the station at 6:50 to bid a final farewell. The hundreds of beautiful floral tributes which came from medical and surgical men, as well as from friends over the country were removed immediately following the service to Hotel Dieu where the doctor had spent the major part of his years in surgery in Beaumont, practicing. After the corridors and the wards of that hospital were filled, still other car loads of sprays, baskets, and wreaths of every description were moved to St. Theresa's hospital, where they were also placed in the halls and waiting rooms. At 7 a.m. Saturday the body arrived in San Antonio, accompanied by the son, Dr. H. Buford Barr, associate of his father in practice, Lewis Williams, official of the Roberts Undertaking company, and Mrs. Nell White Barr, wife of the doctor. Cremation was to take place there Saturday, the body being removed immediately from the train to the crematory. The cremation was expected to be completed by late Saturday afternoon when the Beaumonters will return to their homes. Dr. Buford Barr expects to resume his work, as well as that of his late father, Monday.
Beaumont Journal, July 14, 1934
DR. H.A. BARR'S ASHES TO REST IN CEMETERY
Marble Memorial To Be Erected In Magnolia For Veteran Physician
A marble memorial to the late Dr. H.A. Barr, veteran surgeon, who died here about a month ago, will be placed in Magnolia cemetery, and the ashes of the doctor will be sealed in the base of this memorial. Following Dr. Barr's death, his body was cremated in compliance with a written request that he had filed among his papers. The space for the memorial is located in section 24 of Magnolia cemetery, this being in the new portion of the cemetery. The memorial, an impressive marble slab, will have engraved on the face the name of the doctor and the date and place both of his birth and his death. Beneath will be the following inscription:
Life's race well run,
Life's work well done,
Life's crown well won,
Now comes rest.
The ashes will be so sealed in the base of this marble that they may never be removed and they will remain as a permanent memorial to the man who began his work at the local hospitals when Beaumont was nothing but a tank town, and who through his untiring work won recognition as one of this section's most outstanding surgeons.
Beaumont Journal, August 16, 1934
H.A. Barr m. Nellie White, 1928, Harris County, TX
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BARR, HENRY A.
Henry A. Barr, M. D., who began the practice of medicine in Beaumont in December, 1898, is one of the ablest surgeons of the state. Since 1902 he has confined his practice almost entirely to surgery and has a reputation in this practice which extends throughout Southeast Texas.
Dr. Barr was born in San Felipe, Texas, August 3, 1869. His father, Elijah Barr, a native of Illinois and a farmer, is living in Gatesville, Texas. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary McDougall, a native of Scotland, died in 1897. After an education in the public schools and the state normal at Huntsville, he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. L. Clay of Woody, Texas. In 1896 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Texas, and after serving a year as interne in the John Sealy Hospital took a post-graduate course in surgery at the New York Polyclinic. He then located in Beaumont and has been devoted to his profession, both as a practitioner and student. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas State Medical Association, the East Texas Medical Association, and the Jefferson County Medical Society. Among the professional articles which he has written and addresses delivered may be noted the following: At the regular meeting of the Texas State Medical Association in 1901, Dr. Barr read a paper on Surgery of the Cranium and Brain, which was published in the transactions of the society for that year. He was elected orator of the Texas State Medical Association at its regular meeting in 1903; and the oration was delivered at the following regular meeting of the society at Austin, Texas, in 1904. In 1905 Dr. Barr read a paper before the State Medical Association, on Hydro-pyo-Nephrosis with a description of operation on an unusual and interesting case. Dr. Barr has also read numerous papers before district and county societies. He also served as chairman of Section on Surgery in the South Texas Medical and as president of the Jefferson County Medical Societies. He was associate editor of "Texas Medical News" for a number of years prior to its removal to Dallas.
Dr. Barr is a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the Beaumont Country Club, and is a Democrat in politics. In 1902 he married Miss Ida Buford, a daughter of Thomas Buford of Beaumont. They have three children: Henry Buford, Mary and Rebecca. Dr. Barr affiliates with the Beaumont Lodge No. 286, A. F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias, and Beaumont Lodge No. 311, B. P. O. E. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
HUNDREDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO DR. BARR
Body Sent To San Antonio For Cremation; Many Floral Offerings
Hundreds of men, women and children from all walks of life, Friday paid final tribute to Dr. H.A. Barr, 65, beloved and prominent surgeon who died here early Thursday morning, when they attend brief funeral services at the Roberts Funeral chapel at 5:30 p.m. Throughout the day there had been a steady stream of persons by the casket as it lay in the reception parlors of the funeral home. Many of these, some from the highest stations of life, broke into tears as they gazed into the face of the man who had at critical times in their lives attended either themselves or a loved one. Attendants at the funeral parlor declared that as the crowds filed by in the flower banked rooms of the funeral home there was invariably heard the familiar remark "To him I owe my life," or "he saved my wife or my child," or some other loved one. Promptly at 5:30 p.m. when the funeral chapels, the family room and the parlors were filled with friends of the doctor, the brief funeral service began. Rev. J.W. Prince, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, in the absence of Dr. T.M. Hunter, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, read the burial service. At the request of the family, this service was only of a short duration, after which a short musical number was given by the choir of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Following the service, the family fled quietly out of the rear of the funeral home and went immediately to the train to accompany the body to San Antonio for cremation. At the train too, there stood hundreds of the doctor's friends who waited until the train pulled out of the station at 6:50 to bid a final farewell. The hundreds of beautiful floral tributes which came from medical and surgical men, as well as from friends over the country were removed immediately following the service to Hotel Dieu where the doctor had spent the major part of his years in surgery in Beaumont, practicing. After the corridors and the wards of that hospital were filled, still other car loads of sprays, baskets, and wreaths of every description were moved to St. Theresa's hospital, where they were also placed in the halls and waiting rooms. At 7 a.m. Saturday the body arrived in San Antonio, accompanied by the son, Dr. H. Buford Barr, associate of his father in practice, Lewis Williams, official of the Roberts Undertaking company, and Mrs. Nell White Barr, wife of the doctor. Cremation was to take place there Saturday, the body being removed immediately from the train to the crematory. The cremation was expected to be completed by late Saturday afternoon when the Beaumonters will return to their homes. Dr. Buford Barr expects to resume his work, as well as that of his late father, Monday.
Beaumont Journal, July 14, 1934
DR. H.A. BARR'S ASHES TO REST IN CEMETERY
Marble Memorial To Be Erected In Magnolia For Veteran Physician
A marble memorial to the late Dr. H.A. Barr, veteran surgeon, who died here about a month ago, will be placed in Magnolia cemetery, and the ashes of the doctor will be sealed in the base of this memorial. Following Dr. Barr's death, his body was cremated in compliance with a written request that he had filed among his papers. The space for the memorial is located in section 24 of Magnolia cemetery, this being in the new portion of the cemetery. The memorial, an impressive marble slab, will have engraved on the face the name of the doctor and the date and place both of his birth and his death. Beneath will be the following inscription:
Life's race well run,
Life's work well done,
Life's crown well won,
Now comes rest.
The ashes will be so sealed in the base of this marble that they may never be removed and they will remain as a permanent memorial to the man who began his work at the local hospitals when Beaumont was nothing but a tank town, and who through his untiring work won recognition as one of this section's most outstanding surgeons.
Beaumont Journal, August 16, 1934
H.A. Barr m. Nellie White, 1928, Harris County, TX
********
BARR, HENRY A.
Henry A. Barr, M. D., who began the practice of medicine in Beaumont in December, 1898, is one of the ablest surgeons of the state. Since 1902 he has confined his practice almost entirely to surgery and has a reputation in this practice which extends throughout Southeast Texas.
Dr. Barr was born in San Felipe, Texas, August 3, 1869. His father, Elijah Barr, a native of Illinois and a farmer, is living in Gatesville, Texas. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary McDougall, a native of Scotland, died in 1897. After an education in the public schools and the state normal at Huntsville, he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. L. Clay of Woody, Texas. In 1896 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Texas, and after serving a year as interne in the John Sealy Hospital took a post-graduate course in surgery at the New York Polyclinic. He then located in Beaumont and has been devoted to his profession, both as a practitioner and student. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas State Medical Association, the East Texas Medical Association, and the Jefferson County Medical Society. Among the professional articles which he has written and addresses delivered may be noted the following: At the regular meeting of the Texas State Medical Association in 1901, Dr. Barr read a paper on Surgery of the Cranium and Brain, which was published in the transactions of the society for that year. He was elected orator of the Texas State Medical Association at its regular meeting in 1903; and the oration was delivered at the following regular meeting of the society at Austin, Texas, in 1904. In 1905 Dr. Barr read a paper before the State Medical Association, on Hydro-pyo-Nephrosis with a description of operation on an unusual and interesting case. Dr. Barr has also read numerous papers before district and county societies. He also served as chairman of Section on Surgery in the South Texas Medical and as president of the Jefferson County Medical Societies. He was associate editor of "Texas Medical News" for a number of years prior to its removal to Dallas.
Dr. Barr is a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the Beaumont Country Club, and is a Democrat in politics. In 1902 he married Miss Ida Buford, a daughter of Thomas Buford of Beaumont. They have three children: Henry Buford, Mary and Rebecca. Dr. Barr affiliates with the Beaumont Lodge No. 286, A. F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias, and Beaumont Lodge No. 311, B. P. O. E. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Body Sent To San Antonio For Cremation; Many Floral Offerings
Hundreds of men, women and children from all walks of life, Friday paid final tribute to Dr. H.A. Barr, 65, beloved and prominent surgeon who died here early Thursday morning, when they attend brief funeral services at the Roberts Funeral chapel at 5:30 p.m. Throughout the day there had been a steady stream of persons by the casket as it lay in the reception parlors of the funeral home. Many of these, some from the highest stations of life, broke into tears as they gazed into the face of the man who had at critical times in their lives attended either themselves or a loved one. Attendants at the funeral parlor declared that as the crowds filed by in the flower banked rooms of the funeral home there was invariably heard the familiar remark "To him I owe my life," or "he saved my wife or my child," or some other loved one. Promptly at 5:30 p.m. when the funeral chapels, the family room and the parlors were filled with friends of the doctor, the brief funeral service began. Rev. J.W. Prince, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, in the absence of Dr. T.M. Hunter, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, read the burial service. At the request of the family, this service was only of a short duration, after which a short musical number was given by the choir of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Following the service, the family fled quietly out of the rear of the funeral home and went immediately to the train to accompany the body to San Antonio for cremation. At the train too, there stood hundreds of the doctor's friends who waited until the train pulled out of the station at 6:50 to bid a final farewell. The hundreds of beautiful floral tributes which came from medical and surgical men, as well as from friends over the country were removed immediately following the service to Hotel Dieu where the doctor had spent the major part of his years in surgery in Beaumont, practicing. After the corridors and the wards of that hospital were filled, still other car loads of sprays, baskets, and wreaths of every description were moved to St. Theresa's hospital, where they were also placed in the halls and waiting rooms. At 7 a.m. Saturday the body arrived in San Antonio, accompanied by the son, Dr. H. Buford Barr, associate of his father in practice, Lewis Williams, official of the Roberts Undertaking company, and Mrs. Nell White Barr, wife of the doctor. Cremation was to take place there Saturday, the body being removed immediately from the train to the crematory. The cremation was expected to be completed by late Saturday afternoon when the Beaumonters will return to their homes. Dr. Buford Barr expects to resume his work, as well as that of his late father, Monday.
Beaumont Journal, July 14, 1934
DR. H.A. BARR'S ASHES TO REST IN CEMETERY
Marble Memorial To Be Erected In Magnolia For Veteran Physician
A marble memorial to the late Dr. H.A. Barr, veteran surgeon, who died here about a month ago, will be placed in Magnolia cemetery, and the ashes of the doctor will be sealed in the base of this memorial. Following Dr. Barr's death, his body was cremated in compliance with a written request that he had filed among his papers. The space for the memorial is located in section 24 of Magnolia cemetery, this being in the new portion of the cemetery. The memorial, an impressive marble slab, will have engraved on the face the name of the doctor and the date and place both of his birth and his death. Beneath will be the following inscription:
Life's race well run,
Life's work well done,
Life's crown well won,
Now comes rest.
The ashes will be so sealed in the base of this marble that they may never be removed and they will remain as a permanent memorial to the man who began his work at the local hospitals when Beaumont was nothing but a tank town, and who through his untiring work won recognition as one of this section's most outstanding surgeons.
Beaumont Journal, August 16, 1934
H.A. Barr m. Nellie White, 1928, Harris County, TX
********
BARR, HENRY A.
Henry A. Barr, M. D., who began the practice of medicine in Beaumont in December, 1898, is one of the ablest surgeons of the state. Since 1902 he has confined his practice almost entirely to surgery and has a reputation in this practice which extends throughout Southeast Texas.
Dr. Barr was born in San Felipe, Texas, August 3, 1869. His father, Elijah Barr, a native of Illinois and a farmer, is living in Gatesville, Texas. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary McDougall, a native of Scotland, died in 1897. After an education in the public schools and the state normal at Huntsville, he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. L. Clay of Woody, Texas. In 1896 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Texas, and after serving a year as interne in the John Sealy Hospital took a post-graduate course in surgery at the New York Polyclinic. He then located in Beaumont and has been devoted to his profession, both as a practitioner and student. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas State Medical Association, the East Texas Medical Association, and the Jefferson County Medical Society. Among the professional articles which he has written and addresses delivered may be noted the following: At the regular meeting of the Texas State Medical Association in 1901, Dr. Barr read a paper on Surgery of the Cranium and Brain, which was published in the transactions of the society for that year. He was elected orator of the Texas State Medical Association at its regular meeting in 1903; and the oration was delivered at the following regular meeting of the society at Austin, Texas, in 1904. In 1905 Dr. Barr read a paper before the State Medical Association, on Hydro-pyo-Nephrosis with a description of operation on an unusual and interesting case. Dr. Barr has also read numerous papers before district and county societies. He also served as chairman of Section on Surgery in the South Texas Medical and as president of the Jefferson County Medical Societies. He was associate editor of "Texas Medical News" for a number of years prior to its removal to Dallas.
Dr. Barr is a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the Beaumont Country Club, and is a Democrat in politics. In 1902 he married Miss Ida Buford, a daughter of Thomas Buford of Beaumont. They have three children: Henry Buford, Mary and Rebecca. Dr. Barr affiliates with the Beaumont Lodge No. 286, A. F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias, and Beaumont Lodge No. 311, B. P. O. E. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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