TITLE: George Mish Barnett 

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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BARNETT, George Mish (Sr.)
George Mish Barnett, Sr. (12-4-1887 to 11-24-1977) Keowee Courier 
November 1977 G. M. Barnett Westminster--George Mish Barnett of Rt. 3, 
Oak Grove community, an Oconee County farmer and dairyman, died Monday 
at 89. He was the husband of Zora Butte Barnett. A native of Oconee 
County, he was a graduate of Clemson College, a schoolteacher at 
Cleveland, Richland, Coneross and Cross Roads No. 2 schools, and a 
former Oconee County School Board trustee. He pioneered the first 
Brown Swiss cattle in Oconee County, helped start first apple 
production in Long Creek, mapped and typed Oconee County soil. was a 
leader in soil conservation of Oconee County and received numerous 
awards for his contributions. He was Oconee County's first county 
agent, began the first 4-H Club there, and organized Oconee County 
Foxhunter's Association. He was a former board member of the Farmers 
Home Administration and Oconee County Terracing Association and a 
member of Pendleton Farmers Society, Oconee County Board of 
Supervisor's, National Youth Association, National Foxhunter's 
Association and Westminster Presbyterian Church. His first wife was 
the late Hattie Maude Cox Barnett. Surviving also are sons, George 
Mish Barnett, Jr. of Walhalla, Jesse Albert "Ab" and Hershel Andy 
Barnett of Westminster, Jacob Henry "Jake" Barnett of Columbia and 
John Lewis Barnett of Seneca; daughters, Grace Louise McGinn of Fort 
Mills and Pearl Gladys Sims of Westminster; a sister, Maggie Meares of 
Charlotte, N. C.; 22 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. 
Services will be 3 p. m. Wednesday at Sandifer Funeral Home, with 
burial in East View Cemetery. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com



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