[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF DR. BILL BARTON

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, June 17, 
2017, a funeral service was conducted at Saint Andrews Presbyterian 
Church (PCA) in Irmo, South Carolina, for Dr. Bill Barton, the church's 
founding pastor. The Church is an extraordinary institution of the 
dynamic community, one of the fastest growing in America.
  The service was lovingly carried out by Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Dale 
B. Welden, Director of Worship and Arts Rev. Marc Rattray, Rev. Dan 
Ratchford of Smyrna Presbyterian Church in Newberry, South Carolina, 
Organist Sharon Rattray, and Pianist Allison Hilbish. Pallbearers were 
members of the Irmo Police Department where Dr. Barton served as 
Chaplain.
  The following thoughtful obituary was included in the service 
program:

       Dr. Whaley Seignious Barton, Jr. (Bill), 76, passed away on 
     June 12, 2017, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, 
     South Carolina, surrounded by his family. He was born on May 
     5, 1941, in Miami, Florida, to Whaley Seignious Barton Sr., 
     of Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Helen Monroe Barton of 
     Houston, Texas.
       Whaley (Bill) faithfully served the Lord as pastor of many 
     churches and, for nineteen years, was the founding pastor of 
     Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in Irma, South Carolina. 
     After retiring, he went on to begin Ministry Resources Team.
       Whaley married Linda Lee Barnes of Miami, Florida, October 
     22, 1961. They were happily married for 55 years. He is 
     survived by his daughter Kathryn and husband Ray of Texas, 
     his son Steve and wife Mary of South Carolina, daughter-in-
     law Melissa Barton Prim of South Carolina, thirteen 
     grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
       Whaley was preceded in death by his parents, brother 
     George, and son, Whaley S. Barton III.

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