Floy Grace Barrow

Floy Grace Barrow, 93, died Friday, July 26, 2013, in Childress.

Graveside services were held on Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Rev. Bruce Howard, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hedley, officiating.

Burial followed at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley, Texas.

Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Floy was born December 15, 1919, in Malvern, Arkansas to Cecil Franklin and Mary Lee Thompson Taylor. She married Nolan Barrow on April 8, 1944, in Arkansas. She had served her country in the United States Coast Guard. After obtaining her Master’s Degree, she had taught school in Clarendon and Lakeview. She belonged to a women’s veterans association in Amarillo.

Floy also enjoyed gardening, needlework, and she loved to read. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hedley.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Nolan in 1987; and 2 brothers, Bert and Dale Taylor.

She is survived by 4 daughters, Sara Chapman and husband Gene of Childress, Louise Wilson and husband James of Quanah, Lee Foster of Troope, Texas, Carolyn Bacon of Denton; 12 grandchildren; several great grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren.

The family request memorials be sent to the Rowe Cemetery Association.