The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Louis Hamilton Barnett passed away March 17, 2022 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan at the age of 89.

Louis was born July 12, 1932 to Wayne and Phyllis Barnett in Brownell, Kan. He was the second child of five children. His siblings were Lawrence, Mary, John and Barb.

The family enjoyed living the country life. When Lou and his brother Lawrence were young, they hid a sack of gold coins in the ground at the old homestead. He always wanted to go back to see if he could find them, but he never got the chance. As a child he had his share of trials and tribulations. Due t...