Gilham Mortuary

The location and name of the community are not important. Neither are the details of the case. What is important is how this experience can inform us in relation to the recent intervention of the Federal Government in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. As a sudden and unexpected move to engage those who are most likely the most vulnerable people in Aboriginal communities, it needs to move with much more than speed. 
Care, sensitivity and wisdom are required, and the government must show that it has learned from the earlier experiences of government interventions over recent years. The government also needs to show that we can trust in the years to come that those who were abused will receive appropriate healing, those who have been violent have been fairly punished and offered rehabilitation, and that the families of both have become stronger rather than more hurt and broken. 
For some time I have wanted to believe there were agencies, private and Government, State and Federal, which might enter with some purpose and commitment and address a whole range of abuse, violence, neglect and poverty that has plagued remote Aboriginal communities for years. I will continue to hope that such interventions will occur and will make a long-term difference. However, I have serious misgivings about the present interventions. I also have serious misgivings about a conversation that reduces complex issues to a simple absolute: ‘the child must come first’. 
In the community where I was present, after months of conversations involving the police, a child protection officer and community members, a man was charged with committing the offence of sexual assault against a young girl. He went to court but, before a verdict could be reached, he died. In the course of his court appearances, and after his unexpected (and unrelated to the alleged offence) death, some of the family of the deceased turned against his accusers. It is not only non-Aboriginal families who find it difficult to believe that one of their own memb... (Eureka Street)

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the University of Columbia Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at the Trenton High School Gymnasium. A rosary will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday at Resthaven Mortuary with a visitation to follow until 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Resthaven Memorial Gardens of Trenton. Jose was born on January 5, 1998, in Trenton, MO the son of Jose Jr. and Dena (Sims) Barron. He graduated Trenton High School in 2016. His High School activities were Track and Band, where he played several different instruments and his expertise being the trumpet. He was a recipient of the John Phillip Sousa Award. He had goals of being a Band Director/Music Composer.  He was currently enrolled in the State Fair Community College music program in Sedalia. He was an active member of the City of Sedalia Concert Band. Survivors include his parents, Jose Severino Jr. and Dena Barron; brothers, Tyler Coberley and his wife, Renae of Purdin, MO and Jose Severino Barron III and his fiancée, Nicole Edwards of Chillicothe, MO; sisters, Vanessa Hibner and her husband, Jacob of Chula, MO and Melody Nichols and her companion, Luke Farris of Brookfield, MO; paternal grandfather, Jose Severino Barron Sr. of Trenton, MO; paternal grandmother, Mary Ann Sims of Trenton, MO; also surviving are several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Glen Dean Sims; paternal grandmother, Nancy Barron; uncle, Michael Sims; and aunt, Kristy Sims. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Jose Sanchez Barron IV Memorial Fund; they can be left at or mailed to Resthaven Mortuary, P.O. Box 587, Trenton, MO 64683.Jose Barron the fourth was a 2016 Trenton high school graduate. He was enrolled in the State Fair Community College music program at Sedalia; with goals of being a band director/music composer. Barron had primarily played trumpet while a member of the Trenton high school band. As a tribute, the Trenton high scho... (kttn)