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- William G. "Bill" Barlow
Petal, MS
Services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Carterville Baptist Church for Mr. W.G. "Bill" Barlow, of Petal. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 Tuesday at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home., and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery with military honors.
He died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Hattiesburg Health and Rehab.
Bill Barlow was born in Petal, Mississippi on November 6, 1922 to Mr. and Mrs. O. U. Barlow. After graduation from Petal High School, he enrolled into the Army Air Corp (the precursor to the modern Air Force) and was stationed in Denver, Colorado where he met Nordeen Renae "Dee" Sanders. Bill and Dee were married on October 6, 1943 in Georgetown, Colorado. Of note is that Bill and Dee traveled back to Georgetown in December, 1999 and located their original marriage certificate in the basement of the Georgetown Courthouse.
Following their wedding, Bill deployed to England to serve as a crew member on a B-24 bomber, the Bungay Buckaroo, and survived over 25 missions in the European campaign. The bomber he served on led the 448th Bomb Group, the lead group on the D-Day invasion and is now enshrined at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Upon Bill's return home from World War II, the Barlows resumed life together with Bill working with his father as they and a crew of relatives and friends built houses in Petal and Hattiesburg. He continued in this business until he started Barlow's Radio and TV Service where his wife Dee served as the bookkeeper and office manager. After some years of operating that business, he and Dee took over the ownership and operation of Petal Dry Cleaners, with all sons working with their parents. Their business prospered, even surviving a fire which destroyed much of the complex. Following the sale of the clearers, Bill worked for the city of Petal as their first building inspector, and later on the staff at Timberton Country Club.
Bill was a Christian and he and his wife were active members of Carterville Baptist Church, where he led the congregational singing on Sundays until they moved their membership to Temple Baptist Church in Petal. He later moved again to Petal-Harvey Baptist Church, serving as a deacon there. After a number of years at Petal-Harvey, he and his wife returned to Carterville Baptist Church where they remained faithful until death.
Through the years of their marriage, they were the parents of five sons: Jerry, Larry, Gary, Barry and Carey. He was proud of his boys and taught them to love the Lord and His Word. Bill also thanked the Lord for his daughter-in-laws: Lynne, Sandy, Dina and Janet, as well as their grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Bill's legacy will live on through the values he taught his sons and their children.
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1922 - 2011 (88 years)
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