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- ↑ "Barron, James Pressley". The New York Times . 24 November 2006.
James Pressley, 86, of Lynchburg, VA, died Tuesday, November 21st, 2006. Loving husband of Leirona Turman Barron; father of James Turman Barron and father-in-law of Jane-Iris Farhi of New York; and brother of Charles E. Barron, of Athens, GA. After serving in the United States Army in Europe in World War II, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency as an analyst and received the Intelligence Commendation medal when he retired in 1985.
- ↑ "Jane-Iris Farhi and James Barron". The New York Times . April 2, 1995.
Dr. Jane-Iris Farhi, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Farhi of New York, was married yesterday at the Princeton University Chapel in Princeton, N.J., to James Turman Barron, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barron of Lynchburg, Va.
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