Dr Ben Edwards “Mak” Barham

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Dr Ben Edwards “Mak” Barham

Birth
Death
24 Mar 1933 (aged 48)
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 4
Memorial ID
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Headstone indexed by the Abram Morehouse Chapter, Louisiana Society, N.S.D.A.R. between 1954 and 1957 for the book "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions: Volume Two, Morehouse Parish, La."

Place of death taken from the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index.

Son of W.T. Barham of Tennessee.

Husband of Dorothy West and father of Dorothy Dale, Erle McKoin and Joseph West Barham.

Morehouse Enterprise 30 March 1933
Dr. B. E. Barham Oak Ridge Doctor Died Last Week

Funeral Services for Physician Were Held Saturday Morning at Oak Ridge. After a lingering illness, Dr. B. E. Barham, 48, well known Oak Ridge physician, died at a Monroe hospital Friday night. He had been in ill health for some time and was removed for the Monroe hospital about three weeks ago. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Ada Barham, in Oak Ridge. Interment followed at the Baptist cemetery. The large number of floral offerings attested to the esteem in which he was held in Morehouse Parish and throughout this section.

Dr. Barham graduated from the Tulane University Medical School in 1921 and had practiced his profession about 20 years in Morehouse Parish.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Dorothy West Barham;
three children:
Mrs. Dorothy Dale Barham Bratten
Mr. Erle McKoin Barham
Mr. John West Barham, all of Oak Ridge

Brothers:
Thomas Eugene Barham
Grey Gardner Barham
Robert Erle Barham
John Roberty Barham
E. E. Mott (half brother)
All are prominent Morehouse Parish citizens.
Headstone indexed by the Abram Morehouse Chapter, Louisiana Society, N.S.D.A.R. between 1954 and 1957 for the book "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions: Volume Two, Morehouse Parish, La."

Place of death taken from the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index.

Son of W.T. Barham of Tennessee.

Husband of Dorothy West and father of Dorothy Dale, Erle McKoin and Joseph West Barham.

Morehouse Enterprise 30 March 1933
Dr. B. E. Barham Oak Ridge Doctor Died Last Week

Funeral Services for Physician Were Held Saturday Morning at Oak Ridge. After a lingering illness, Dr. B. E. Barham, 48, well known Oak Ridge physician, died at a Monroe hospital Friday night. He had been in ill health for some time and was removed for the Monroe hospital about three weeks ago. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Ada Barham, in Oak Ridge. Interment followed at the Baptist cemetery. The large number of floral offerings attested to the esteem in which he was held in Morehouse Parish and throughout this section.

Dr. Barham graduated from the Tulane University Medical School in 1921 and had practiced his profession about 20 years in Morehouse Parish.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Dorothy West Barham;
three children:
Mrs. Dorothy Dale Barham Bratten
Mr. Erle McKoin Barham
Mr. John West Barham, all of Oak Ridge

Brothers:
Thomas Eugene Barham
Grey Gardner Barham
Robert Erle Barham
John Roberty Barham
E. E. Mott (half brother)
All are prominent Morehouse Parish citizens.