Barbara Bowers Barrow

Rev. Barbara Bowers Barrow, 71 of Lynchburg, passed away December 5, 2011. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Vernie Barrow, Jr. Born January 21, 1940, in Waynesboro, VA, she was a daughter of the late Leighton Whitener Bowers and Virginia Eoye Bowers. Mrs. Barrow graduated from Waynesboro High School in 1955. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from Davis-Elkins College in Elkins, WVA, in 1968, and went on to receive a Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in 1975, and a Master of Education in Counselor Education from James Madison University in 1977. She was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1978. Served as Director of the Wesley Foundation at James Madison University; Pastor of United Methodist Churches in Edinburg and Lynchburg; District Superintendent of the Harrisonburg District of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church; and Virginia Conference Director of Higher Education and Campus Ministry. She retired to The Villages, in Florida, in 2001. She is also survived by her children; Judy Williams McMullen and husband Robert, of Winchester, VA, Janice Williams Regan, of Winchester, VA, Jenifer Williams Loker and husband Keith, of Penn Laird, VA, the Rev. Alan Lester Barrow and wife Libby, of Tulsa, OK, Victor Lee Barrow, of Richmond, VA, and Lenore Barrow Whitehead and husband Robert, of Newport News, VA; sisters, Beverly Bowers Giesecke and husband Michael, of Fort Myers, FL, and Julia Bowers Senger and husband Kenneth, of Greenville, VA, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Whitten Monelison Chapel, and at other times at the residence. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Becky J. Cloud. Interment will follow in Amherst Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to Chestnut Hill UMC, 4660 Fort Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24502.