A Good Citizen Passes On

Death closed the career of a real American, when Barney Plough, soldier, businessman, and friend of all humanity passed on in a local hospital after a long illness last Monday, age 66.

Coming to Memphis at the age of three in the wake of the panic of 1892, he knew Memphis as do few men. He was educated here and went to work in his chosen field, pharmacy.

Barney Plough possessed to a marked degree the ability to make and hold the friendship of his fellow citize4ns. He won friends in all walks of life and held their esteem and respect to the end. Millionaires, political leaders, industrialists, and newsboys called him ”Barney.”

When Imperial Germany got the idea it was bigger and more important than this Republic, Barney Plough did not wait for the draft. He was among the first five volunteers from Memphis. He fought with Pershing until Germany was destroyed. His act in volunteering gives you an insight into his love of country and its democratic institutions.

To Barney Plough the private station was the post of honor.

An outstanding citizen passed on when Barney Plough departed this life. We need more like him.

Hebrew Watchman

July 26, 1956, Page 4