John Lowell Barks

1925 - 2012  (87 years)

• Name	John Lowell Barks
  Born	6 Mar 1925	Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 2012	Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
  Buried	13 Jul 2012	Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I8428	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Oma Laverne Gattis,   b. 22 Sep 1921, Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1995, Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1950
  Children	1. J.E. Barks   2. G.E. Barks   3. Flora Evalene Barks,   b. 13 Jan 1953,   d. 19 Dec 2013, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA  (Age 60 years) + 4. Carol Gertrude Barks,   b. 9 Apr 1959, Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 2022, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F3708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Polly Earlene Gattis,   b. 25 Jan 1924, Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 25 Jan 2007, Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F3725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Mar 1925 - Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA Died - 10 Jul 2012 - Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA Buried - 13 Jul 2012 - Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Oma Laverne Gattis Barks and John Lowell Barks
  		John Lowell Barks Obituary picture

  
  

  Documents

  U.S. World War II Draft Card - John Lowell Barks Name: John Lowell Barks Gender: Male Race: White Age: 21 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 6 Mar 1925 Birth Place: Marble Hill, Missouri, USA Residence Place: Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Registration Date: 22 Mar 1946 Registration Place: Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Weight: 174 lbs. Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 5' 9" Next of Kin: J. B. Barks

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of John Lowell Barks and Oma Laverne Gattis Barks Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA Plot: Section F, Row 5, Plot 946, Graves 2 & 3
  		Footstone of John Lowell Barks Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA Plot: Section F, Row 5, Plot 946, Grave 2

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: John Lowell Barks, age 87, of Marble Hill, MO passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 6, 1925 in Bollinger County; son of John Burlen and Maggie Gertrude Ramsey Barks. He and Oma Gattis Simmons were united in marriage in 1950 and she passed away October 7th 1995, he married Polly Owens in April 1996 and she passed away in January 2007. John joined the United States Navy in March 1943 and served as a Machinist Mate 3rd Class upon leaving the Navy in March 1946 he worked as a carpenter. He was a member of the West Side Church of Christ in Piggott, AR. Survivors include a son John Eugene Barks of Brighton, Ill, daughters; Earlene Lundsford of Pocahontas, MO, Evalene Collins of Cape Girardeau, Carol Lincoln of Marble Hill, step sons; Glen Simmons of MO, Roy Simmons of IL, Jimmy Simmons, Leroy Owens both of AR, Step daughters; Francis Nation of FL, Peggy Redmond of AR, ten grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, and twenty five step grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters; Naomi McClard, Delores Golightly, Flora Fornkhal, Fern Graves and two infants. Visitation will be Friday, July 13, 2012 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral Services will be Friday, at 11:00 AM at the funeral home with Gus Wischmann and Chad Lutes officiating. Burial will follow in the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill with Full Military Honors provided by the Missouri Honors Team. (Published by Liley Funeral Home of Marble Hill, MO)