Terry is survived by his wife, Lynn. His first wife, Ann, predeceased him in 1976. He attended Marietta (OH) College and edited the 1956 College Year Book. He transferred to the University of Virginia and was a degreed member of the Thomas Jefferson Society. He was personally thanked for his support for the WV Kennedy Election years by President John F. Kennedy. He was profiled in the book “Personalities of the South” in 1974. He built careers under U.S. Labor Department programs, having directed youth programs such as Neighborhood Youth Corp. He was Director of the Trade Act under WV Governor Jay Rockefeller. As Director of the State MEDHIC Program, his program was noted and saluted by the Congressional Record as a premier program in the country. During his early years as a public servant, Governor Smith designated Terry as the host for the South Korean Cabinet and His Excellency Yeap Kee Aik, Malaysian Labor Minister. Yeap Kee Aik was the highest ranking foreign dignitary to come to West Virginia at that time. While Director of the Health Manpower Planning Commission, he brought Patch Adams to Charleston, in order to discuss the possibility of a medical commune in Clay County, WV. Patch stayed at the Barron residence while taking his WV medical licensing exam.
As an entrepreneur, the most enduring of the four companies that he founded was Yesteryear Toy Co. The toy company was designed to produce Terry’s copyrighted toys from the 1875 period. The iconic WV Stomper Doll and the Hackett family were produced and sold widely throughout the US and abroad. Two toys, a wooden giraffe and French toy soldier whirligig were featured on the cover of catalogues for the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art. Life-sized Stomper Dolls were created for Saks Fifth Avenue to show the wares of Mountain Artisans. His backbone was Augusta Investment Co. where he managed portfolios, real estate, oil and gas, and timber resources. The Institute of Financial Studies and Ty Four LLC followed. He was past president of the Davis Creek Watershed Association. He was a lifelong Anglican, and a Trustee of St. Matthews Episcopal Church. He was a veteran of the US Marine Corps.