John Henry Barrett
Died on May 13, 2017
Age: 77
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Location of death: Unknown location, possibly in or near Belle Glade or Pahokee, Unknown
Agency: an unknown agency
John Henry Barrett
Died on May 13, 2017
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In 1958, when he was a teenager, John Henry Barrett was shot in the neck. His gunman served time in prison for the shooting. Barrett went on to become a minister and an influential, inspirational figure in Pahokee, where he served as the city's first African-American executive director of the Pahokee Housing Authority. He died in 2017 of an infection related to that gunshot wound. He was buried in Martin County.
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