Logan Conard Barnhart

Logan Conard Barnhart, 79 a longtime De Baca County rancher died Saturday, December 25, 1999 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Logan was born September 26, 1920 on the Clancy Ranch in De Baca County to the home of Lon Conrad and Gertrude Baker Barnhart. Logan worked on ranches in New Mexico especially in De Baca County where he owned and operated his ranch. He was a veteran of WW II, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2575, and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau. His parents preceded him in death. Survivors include a daughter Trudie Stovall of Big Spring, TX; two grandsons Douglas Stovall and wife Jessica of Carrolton, TX; Benjamin Stovall of the New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell, NM; and one great-grandson Mike Bryant Stovall. Also surviving are two sisters Ruby May Jones of Clovis, NM and Bobbye Wright and husband Lester of Fort Sumner, NM along with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 28, 1999 from the Chavez Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Sumner, NM with Tom Oliver, Allen Sparks, and Jerry Palmer officiating. Burial will follow at Fort Sumner Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his branding crew: Fred Garza, Clay Crist, Brian Drake, Justin Boyd, Cotton Boyd, Doug Johnson, Richard Vaughan, Charlie Vaughan, and his ranch manager Clare Oliver. Honorary bearers will be all his friends – Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. The family prefers memorials to the Fort Sumner Public Library or the De Baca County Veterans Memorial Fund. All arrangements entrusted to Chavez Funeral Home 804 N. Fifth Street, Fort Sumner, New Mexico (505) 355-2311.