Warren Native Wins 9-Ball Tournament

Second from left:  Warren native Larry Stuart (Photo courtesy of Village-News.com)

Warren Native Larry "Barney" Stuart won a 9-ball tournament held in Florida back in June of this year.  Larry has retired to The Villages, Florida.  He lived for a number of years in St Louis where he worked for Union Pacific Railroad.

Larry Stuart was a member of the Warren High School Class of 1972 and learned the skill of playing pool in Wayne's Pool Hall, now the location of the Sandwich Shop on the square.  He has been a competitive player most of his life.  In a recent telephone conversation with SRC he stated that he r begin playing pool at the YMCA.  He racked balls for $2.00 a day, five days a week.  He also played at Rodney Parnell's pool hall located next to the railroad track on main Street ( now part of Dr. Bob Smalling's clinic ) and at other pool  halls that sprung up from time to time in Warren and the area.

After retirement from the railroad, Larry and his wife decided to retire to Florida.  He stated the primary reason for choosing Florida was to get out of the cold and snow of St Louis.  Larry's sister Brenda still resides in Warren and made SRC aware of Larry's accomplishments.  He continues to keep up with Warren and looks at salineriverchronicle.com regularly.