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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After he and Carol divorced, he was remarried. He and his wife Joy, along with her children, were killed in a car accident in Travis County.

Leslie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles R. Strong of Edinburg called his uncle Barney on March 24, 2005 to ask him what his given name was. Barney said it was "Something strange" that he had never liked much, so he had always gone by Barney. Both Robert Strong and Viola Weaver confirmed this. In his mother's obiturary, he was listed as "Branyard," so he presumably was named Brainerd in honor of his grandfather, Ralph Brainerd and great-grandfather David Brainerd. He was a veteran of World War II, later working as a welder.

BARNEY FRANK STRONG

Funeral services for Barney Frank Strong, 96, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at the Grand Avenue Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bill Black officiating.

Burial will follow with military honors in Fairview Cemetery, under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

Barney went to be with the Lord Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 at his residence.

Barney was born in Prague, Okla. to Walter and Bessie (sic) Strong. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and served in the Burma India Theater during World War II and then was honorably discharged in 1946. He married Violet Stanley on Jan. 27, 1946 in Lawton, Okla. and then moved to Gainesville in 1951. Barney was the owner of Strong's Welding Service for many years and a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church for over 50 years. He loved to play golf, fish and most of all play dominoes at the Stanford House.

Barney is survived by his daughter, Jeanie and her husband Harry Gootas; son, Benny and his wife Pam Strong; grandchildren, Chris and his wife Amy Kuhn, Todd and his wife Julianne Kuhn, Juli and her husband Phil Metzler, Jennifer Barna, Alyssa Strong and Amber Strong; 13 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Barney was preceded in death by his parents; wife; brothers, Homer, Jack and Bob Strong, Cecil Lewis and Roy West and sister, Viola Weaver.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Chris and Todd Kuhn and Phil Metzler; great-grandson, Ty Kuhn and nephews, Charles and Tommy Lewis.

The family will receive friends and loved ones this evening, Jan. 5, 2011 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County.

Barney married Violet Evaline Stanley on 27 Jan 1946 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Violet was born on 6 Feb 1921 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 14 Oct 2004 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Gainsville, Cooke County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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VIOLET E. (Evaline Stanley) STRONG

Services for Violet E. Strong, 83, of Gainesville, are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Grand Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Black officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home of Gainesville.

Mrs. Strong died Oct. 14, 2004, at her residence.

She was born Feb. 22 (sic), 1921, in Duncan (sic, actually she was born in Arthur, east of Duncan, in Stephens County), Okla., to Marion and Zona Peoples Stanley. On Jan. 27, 1946 she married Barney F. Strong in Lawton, Okla. Violet Strong was a homemaker and a member of the Grand Avenue Baptist Church. During her working life, she was employed at Street Pharmacy, J.C. Penney, and at Sunbelt Savings.

Survivors include her husband, Barney F. Strong of Gainesville; daughter, Jeanie Gootas; son and daughter-in-law, Bennie (sic) F. and Pam Strong; grandchildren, Chris and Todd Kuhn, Juli Metzler, Jennifer Barna, and Alyssa and Amber Strong; great-grandchildren, Tyler and Chance Kuhn, Dalton, Luke and Jake Metzler, Bailey and Addey Kuhn, and Sydney and Megan Barna; sisters, Winell Gaidaroff, Willie Mae Landis, and Edna Lee Richardson; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, M.C. Stanley; and sister, Florence Thompson.

Pallbearers are: Chris and Todd Kuhn, Fred and Steve Stanley, and Tommy and Charles Lewis.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

From the Gainesville, Texas Daily Register, Friday, October 15, 2004