Emma was a nurse at Cadillac Mercy Hospital. She worked in many areas but liked working in the ob nursery best. She died while in that hospital if heart failure. At the time of her marriage to Percival . he was 29, . She was 19
Percy was a farmer
Cadillac records show-
Emma a ? married July 1, 1920 by presby Pastor A.W. Johnstone,
wittnessed by Vera Tidy and Lester Barnes (not yet husband and wife)
married July 1, 1920 by
Presby Pastor-A.W. JohnstoneOBITUARY NOTICE

Mrs Emma Barnes
Manton, Mrs Emma Barnes RR1, Manton, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital in Cadillac after a short illness. Mrs Barnes was born in Meauwataka on Oct 17, 1900. The former Emma Longstreet married Percy Barnes July 1 , 1920. He died in 1957. Mrs Barnes was employed by Mercy Hospital as a licenced pratical nurse until her retirement in 1962. She had been a member of the Manton Retirees Club, the Blue Star Mothers, Manton Womens Society of Christian Service, Michigan Associtaion of LPN's and Bethel Chapel.
Surviving are four sons. lawrence of Conklin, Harold of Tustin, Darrell of Muskegon and Percy of Manton,
four daughters, Mrs Jason (Norma) of Imlay City, Mrs Howard ( Irma) Warden of Fairborn Ohio, Mrs Vernon ( Lois) Goodwin of Clio, Mrs Carl ( Bertha ) Vincent of Long Beach Calif. one brother Alfred Fenton of Manton, 25 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Hall Funeral Chapel, Rev Eugene Furr will preform the services. Burial will be at Soper Cemetery in Manton.
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In Loving Memory of
Emma Velma Barnes
Date of Birth- October 17, 1900
Date of Death- Saturday, December 2, 1972
Services- Hall Funeral Home
Wednesday, December 6, 1972
2:00pm
Officiating- Reverend Eugene Furr