Guy Conner Barrett

Guy Conner Barrett, 87, a retired rural letter carrier with the US Postal Service, died April 10, 2008 at Westminster Village, an assisted living and skilled care facility. Visitation is Saturday, April 12, 2008, 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, 2008 at First Baptist Church in Kosciusko, MS with burial in the Parkway Cemetery, Kosciusko, MS . Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS is handling the arrangements.
Mr. Barrett was born July 8, 1920, in McCool, MS. A former resident of Kosciusko, he was a long-standing member of First Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and a Sunday School teacher, for many years. His Sunday School lectures were often broadcast live on WKOZ Radio. In later years, he was a member of First Baptist Church in Pascagoula, MS. Mr. Barrett was a graduate of Mississippi State University where he majored in Agriculture and served his senior year as president of Alpha Tau Alpha, the Agricultural Education honorary fraternity. Mr. Barrett also was a World War II veteran serving as a radio technician with the US Army's 587th Signal Depot Company in Toul, France. Mr. Barrett was also a Mason for 57 years.
Survivors include: his wife, Billie Wilkerson Barrett; two sons, Dr. Harris Guy Barrett, and his wife, Michele, of Mobile, AL, and Roger Lee Barrett of Primm Springs, TN; a daughter, Melody Reese Barrett, and her husband, Christopher Calvin Cobb, of Fairfax, VA; two sisters, Nina Christine Barrett, of Tucson, AZ, and Cora Belle Barrett Dodds, of Tulsa, OK; a granddaughter, Olivia Claire Barrett, of Mobile, AL; and a grandson, Andrew Barrett Ratkus, of Fairfax, VA. Preceded in death by his parents, Raphord "Rafe" Bell Barrett and Cora Conner Barrett; brother, Raphord Lee Barrett; sister, Lucile Barrett, and a grandson, Harris Guy Barrett, II. Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church of Kosciusko, or First Baptist Church of Pascagoula.