The funeral services of Mrs. H.M. Barber, who died Sunday at her home near Clayton, was conducted Monday afternoon at the Oakland Methodist Church by Rev. D.H. Tuttle, pastor Centenary Methodist church of Smithfield. The interment was in Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Barber was a lovely Christian character and had been a patient sufferer for quite a while. She was Miss Emma Sophia Austin, daughter of the late Henry Austin, one of the most prominent families of Johnston county. She was born January 22, 1867, and married to Horace M. Barber November 1, 1891.
Besides her husband she is survived by seven children, Mrs. J. Hugh Johnson of Raleigh, Mrs. John W. Hobbs and Miss Ethel M. Barber of Smithfield, Mrs. Clyde A. Massey of Rosemary, Marshall H, Misses Mary and Ruth Austin Barber of Clayton, R. 1; two brothers and one sister, L.F. Austin of Garner, J.E. Austin of Jellico, Tenn., and Mrs. Vic Austin, Clayton, R. 1. –News and Observer
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Dec. 28, 1923
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