Dr. James Barton

Dr. James G. Barton, 78, of Laguna Park passed away in Clifton on August 4, 2006. James was the son of Charles Esley and Pauline Burkett Barton. He grew up in the McClanahan Community until he was ten, and then moved to Yoakum as a youth and graduated from Yoakum High School. After graduation he went to Texas A & M for two years, served in the U. S. Army for two years, and received his B. S. Degree from Sam Houston State Teachers College. He trained in laboratory technology in Houston. On February 3, 1950, he married Mary Jane Williamson. For two years he worked in Texas City as a lab tech before attending U. T. Medical School in Galveston. Dr. Barton then did his internship in family practice in Austin?s Breckenridge Hospital in 1956. Following one year of practice in Fort Worth and six months in Burnet, he moved to Whitney in November of 1958 and started his family practice there. He remained in Whitney until January 1988 when he went to the V A Hospital in Waco for five years, retiring in 1993. Preceding him in death were his parents; a son, Bruce G. Barton on Dec. 15, 1985; and brother, Tom Barton. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane Barton of Laguna Park; daughters, Terri Barton and husband, Ted Arnold of Euless, and Paula Barton and fiancee, Joe Sikes of Laguna Park; grandson, Brad Barton; and granddaughters, Kyndal and Jordan Lilley. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 15186, Austin, TX 78761.