Charles Barnum

Funeral services for Mr. Charles Lee Barnum, 83, of Columbia, Missouri formerly of Louisiana, Missouri will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 4th at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, Missouri. The Rev. Ben Teague will officiate. Visitation will be held from 11:00 A.M. until time of services at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 4th at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana. Members of American Legion Post 370 will conduct graveside Military Honors. Mr. Barnum died Monday, October 1, 2007 at the Audrain County Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri. He was born November 24, 1923 in Louisiana, Missouri to Joseph Asbury Barnum and Verna Elizabeth Branstetter Barnum. He married Doris Maxine Patterson April 5, 1942 at the First Baptist Church in Louisiana and she preceded him in death May 12, 1968. He is survived by two sons, John J. Barnum of Quincy, Illinois and Edward Wayne Barnum of Bonfield, Illinois, One daughter, Donna Barnum Bradley of Louisiana, Missouri, 11 grandchildren; John Barnum, Jr. and Fawn Acup both of Joliet, Illinois, Shari Kyzar of Macomb, Mississippi, Michael K. Bradley and Charles L. Bradley, Jr. both of Quincy, Illinois, Doris Cox of Hamilton, Alabama, Charles E. Bradley of Macomb, Mississippi, Cindy Graham of Garner, North Carolina, Cathy Berger of Fairview Heights, Illinois, Candy Lovett of Clarksville, Tennessee and Crisy Stewart of Reddick, Illinois, 22 Great-Grandchildren, 7 Great Great Grandchildren, Nieces, Nephews and a long time friend, Ruth Crane of Columbia, Missouri. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Richard Barnum and Howard Barnum and two brothers who died in infancy and by two sisters, Margaret Pollard and Florence Kenney. He graduated from the Louisiana High School with the class of 1941. He had been employed as a Meat Cutter for A & P Grocery Store and Clarkson's IGA in Louisiana, Missouri. He moved from Louisiana to Columbia, Missouri in 1965. He later moved to Florida for a few years before returning to Columbia to make his home. He was a veteran serving with the 13th Airborne Paratroopers in World War II. He was a member of VFW Post 280 in Columbia, Missouri and a member of the First Baptist Church in Louisiana, Missouri.

Charles Barnum

November 24, 1923 - October 1, 2007