Johnny Shelby Barlow Jr.
Brandon
Johnny Shelby Barlow, Jr., 92, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakewood Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barlow was born in Utica in 1912, a fifth generation Mississippian. He graduated from Utica High School and attended Hinds Junior College before entering the Army. He served as a Captain and Company Commander during World War II, chiefly in the South Pacific Theater, including Guadalcanal and Hawaii. After the war, Mr. Barlow served as a Hinds County deputy sheriff, and later became the founder of Barlow's Boats and Motors, which operated in Jackson for over two decades, and was a founding shareholder of Safe Harbor Marina. He became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 1951 and was a Master Mason of Capitol Lodge 600 in Jackson. He affectionately became known to his younger neighbors as the "Mayor" of Turtle Creek, where he held court in his driveway almost daily. In 2002, Mr. Barlow was honored for his accomplishments by an official proclamation of then-governor Musgrove.
Mr. Barlow was married to the late Julia Lilley Barlow.
He is survived by his children, Zandra Nowell, Twila Vantrease, Johnny S. Barlow, III, and Chuck D. Barlow; sister, Virginia Estes; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1300 West Capitol St., Jackson, MS 39203.
--Clarion Ledger June 2, 2005
Brandon
Johnny Shelby Barlow, Jr., 92, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakewood Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barlow was born in Utica in 1912, a fifth generation Mississippian. He graduated from Utica High School and attended Hinds Junior College before entering the Army. He served as a Captain and Company Commander during World War II, chiefly in the South Pacific Theater, including Guadalcanal and Hawaii. After the war, Mr. Barlow served as a Hinds County deputy sheriff, and later became the founder of Barlow's Boats and Motors, which operated in Jackson for over two decades, and was a founding shareholder of Safe Harbor Marina. He became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 1951 and was a Master Mason of Capitol Lodge 600 in Jackson. He affectionately became known to his younger neighbors as the "Mayor" of Turtle Creek, where he held court in his driveway almost daily. In 2002, Mr. Barlow was honored for his accomplishments by an official proclamation of then-governor Musgrove.
Mr. Barlow was married to the late Julia Lilley Barlow.
He is survived by his children, Zandra Nowell, Twila Vantrease, Johnny S. Barlow, III, and Chuck D. Barlow; sister, Virginia Estes; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1300 West Capitol St., Jackson, MS 39203.
--Clarion Ledger June 2, 2005
Johnny Shelby Barlow Jr.
Brandon
Johnny Shelby Barlow, Jr., 92, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakewood Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barlow was born in Utica in 1912, a fifth generation Mississippian. He graduated from Utica High School and attended Hinds Junior College before entering the Army. He served as a Captain and Company Commander during World War II, chiefly in the South Pacific Theater, including Guadalcanal and Hawaii. After the war, Mr. Barlow served as a Hinds County deputy sheriff, and later became the founder of Barlow's Boats and Motors, which operated in Jackson for over two decades, and was a founding shareholder of Safe Harbor Marina. He became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 1951 and was a Master Mason of Capitol Lodge 600 in Jackson. He affectionately became known to his younger neighbors as the "Mayor" of Turtle Creek, where he held court in his driveway almost daily. In 2002, Mr. Barlow was honored for his accomplishments by an official proclamation of then-governor Musgrove.
Mr. Barlow was married to the late Julia Lilley Barlow.
He is survived by his children, Zandra Nowell, Twila Vantrease, Johnny S. Barlow, III, and Chuck D. Barlow; sister, Virginia Estes; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1300 West Capitol St., Jackson, MS 39203.
--Clarion Ledger June 2, 2005
Brandon
Johnny Shelby Barlow, Jr., 92, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakewood Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barlow was born in Utica in 1912, a fifth generation Mississippian. He graduated from Utica High School and attended Hinds Junior College before entering the Army. He served as a Captain and Company Commander during World War II, chiefly in the South Pacific Theater, including Guadalcanal and Hawaii. After the war, Mr. Barlow served as a Hinds County deputy sheriff, and later became the founder of Barlow's Boats and Motors, which operated in Jackson for over two decades, and was a founding shareholder of Safe Harbor Marina. He became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 1951 and was a Master Mason of Capitol Lodge 600 in Jackson. He affectionately became known to his younger neighbors as the "Mayor" of Turtle Creek, where he held court in his driveway almost daily. In 2002, Mr. Barlow was honored for his accomplishments by an official proclamation of then-governor Musgrove.
Mr. Barlow was married to the late Julia Lilley Barlow.
He is survived by his children, Zandra Nowell, Twila Vantrease, Johnny S. Barlow, III, and Chuck D. Barlow; sister, Virginia Estes; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1300 West Capitol St., Jackson, MS 39203.
--Clarion Ledger June 2, 2005
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