Glen Eldon Barton, 93, of Beaumont, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005.
A native of Stilson, Liberty County, Texas, he had lived in Beaumont all of his life. His family moved to South Park in Beaumont, Texas where he was raised and graduated from South Park High School and South Park Junior College. He continued to live in the South Park area all his life.
He was very much the outdoorsman, raising cattle and horses. Duck hunting with his well-trained dogs, fishing and shrimping at Port Bolivar where he owned a beach house for over fifty years.
Glen was an avid baseball fan. Up until just a few years ago, he went to every Lamar game, knew all the players by name and enjoyed so much watching them play. He started his baseball career with Gulf Pipeline playing centerfield and cleanup hitter playing for the Pipeliner’s, a semi pro team owned by the Oil Company. Glen was highly recruited by the scouts and played many years with the Beaumont Exporters, New Iberia, Evangeline League and others. But the steady job with security kept him from pursuing a career and he made the decision to stay with Gulf and continued playing semi pro ball until the late 1940’s. Glen was also a member of St. Paul’s Methodist Church.
Survivors include his daughter, Glenda Barton Hulet and her husband Troy of Lumberton; son, Clyde E. Barton and his wife Jane of Lake Jackson, Texas; three grandchildren, Terry Hulet and his wife Donna of Corpus Christi, Greg Hulet and his wife Marla of Lumberton and Nikki Villarreal and her husband Curtis of Fulshear, Texas; five great grandchildren, Crystal Hulet, Tara Hulet, Zachary Hulet, Hannah Hulet and Dylan Villarreal; brother, Oscar Barton of Beaumont; sisters, Kathryn Barton Farris of Grapevine and Gladys Barton of Schwae, Knippa, Texas.
A gathering of family and friends will be 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2005 at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. Funeral services will be 3:00 P. M. Saturday, July 23, 2005 at the mortuary with burial to follow at Magnolia Cemetery.
