In Loving Memory " Youre back Home Helen Williams Barrow August 20, 1920-September 24, 2008 Helen Williams Barrow, 88, a resident of Azalea Estates, died there in the arms of her nurse and friend, Jerrie Jacobs, on September 24, 2008. At her request, she was cremated. Family and friends will gather to pay their final respects at 2:00PM Friday October 17, 2008 with a graveside Catholic Rite of Committal service to follow at 3:00PM all at the Beau Pre Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, following which her cremains will be interred with her spouse of 66 years, Colonel Leonard ( Sug )J. Barrow, Jr., USAF Retired. Her son, Catholic Deacon James R. Barrow of Walla Walla Washington, will preside at the Rite. Mrs. Barrow was born in Sacramento California on August 20, 1920, the daughter of then- Air Service 1st Lt. Paul L. Williams and Bertha (Birdie ) Reed Williams. After traveling with her Air Corps family through several assignments in the United States and the Philippine Islands in the 1920s and 30s, and while attending Centenary College, studying fashion Design, she met and married her husband, Air Corps 2nd Lt. Leonard J. Barrow Jr. at Barksdale Army Air Field, Shreveport, La in 1940. Following the War, she and her family lived throughout the Continental United States and Hawaii until the 1970 retirement to New Iberia, the family home of her husband, Air Force Colonel Sug Barrow. Helen was known to her many friends in New Iberia and around the Country as a dedicated USAF wife of 32 years and a willing, generous volunteer of her time and talents. During her career as an Air Force wife, Helen volunteered over 2500 hours as a Red Cross hospital volunteer. Additionally, she worked weekly as a social services volunteer. In New Iberia, she continued her volunteerism at Iberia General Hospital for most of her 34 years here. . After heart surgery, she also served as a mentor at the hospitals Cardiac Rehabilitation center. She was a guide at the Shadows for many years as well. Active in the Little Acorn Garden Club, and various social organizations, she was a former Grand Duchess of the Krewe of Iberians when her husband was the Krewes King. In her childhood years, Helen loved horseback riding, and during the 1930s at Ft. Stotsenberg in the Philippines, she and her sister used to exercise the numerous polo ponies kept by their riders there. She also enjoyed playing cards, gardening, and was very socially active throughout her life. A convert to Catholicism, she was a devout member of St. Peters Parish and after her husbands death in 2006, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. Survivors include a son, Deacon James R. Barrow (Colonel, AF Ret) and his wife Jeannette of Walla Walla Washington, a daughter Debbie Barrow Hartman and her husband Maurice (Mac ) of Auburn AL; three grandsons, Jeffrey Barrow and his wife Shannon of Cincinnati Ohio, James Mark Barrow, Dr.P.T., of Seattle Washington, and Daniel Barrow Hartman of Auburn AL; and a great grandson, Eli James, who was born on this past Sunday, Oct 12, 2008. She also is survived by brother-in-law Lt. Col. Bob Scudder (AF Ret), a sister-in-law Elizabeth Betsy Barrow Bourgeois of Jeanerette, nephews Wallace Billy Gesser, Bill Scudder of Idaho, Steve Scudder of Calf and four Bourgeois nephews: Russell, Dr. Leonard Barrow , Langdon, and John of Jeanerette; and three nieces: Barbara Scudder of New Iberia, Virginia Bourgeois Zimmerman and Louise Bourgeois Reasonet, both of Jeanerette. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Major General Paul and Bertha Williams, a sister, Roberta Bobby Scudder, and her husband, Leonard. David Funeral Home, 1101 Trotter St., New Iberia, La.(337)369-6336 is in charge of arrangements.
