"Mutt" Edgar Murle Barwick, Sr. 90, died on September 24 in his sleep after a short period of ill health. He has crossed over into that perfect land of paradise and is now with his Lord and Heavenly Father. He lived a full and happy life with many accomplishments and leaves behind family and friends that will miss him greatly.
Mutt is preceded in death by his father, William Edgar Barwick; mother, Rosalee Smith Barwick; brother, "Wimpy" William Morrison Barwick and youngest daughter Cythia Barwick Ward. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy "Dot" M. Barwick; three children, Rosalee "Rosie" Barwick Freese and her husband, Daniel L. Freese; Dorothy "Dottie" Barwick Jones and "Sonny" Edgar Murle Barwick, Jr.; son-in-law, William "Bill" F. Ward, III; grandchildren, Cory Barwick and wife Lee Ann Dulatre; Kelli J. Murphy and husband, Scott L. Murphy; Jamie Lauren Jones; Muryel Barwick Ward and Caslyn Lee Ward; great-granddaughter Alura Taydn Murphy; niece, Suzanne "Suzy" Barwick Williams and nephew William "Billy" Morrison, Jr., and wife Mary E. Barwick and great nephew, William "Will" Morrison Barwick, III.
A celebration of Mutt's life will be 3:00 PM, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Pollock~Best Chapel with Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood and Rev. Martha Lewis officiating. Burial, with Masonic Rites and Military Honors, will follow at Greenleaf Memorial Park.
Mutt was born in Goldsboro on June 21, 1920 and at age 10 his family moved to New Bern. He immediately began building his first sail boat and finished it at age 12. It caught the eye of future employer "Hub" Barbour who, with Mutt's mother's permission, would watch him work with amazement, hidden behind the bushes daily on his way from work. He attended New Bern Academy and lettered in Baseball and Football. After leaving high school he was hired by Barbour Boats where he became their Design and Production Engineer.
Mutt joined the Navy as a Carpenter's Mate First Class and went ashore at Normandy on D-day as part of a special unarmed unit placed in charge of damaged landing craft. The unit's tools and chain of command perished in the invasion and Mutt became the unit's uncommissioned defacto leader. Without a direct chain of command, he bartered and traded to resupply his unit's tools. Against original orders which were to ship damaged landing craft back to England, his unit salvaged the boats on shore at Normandy in order to produce a fast turn-around repair of the landing craft used on the beach head. Many months later he succumbed to the nonstop bombing over head and was medically discharged, suffering from what is now called Post Traumatic Stress.
Mutt invented the graduated and curved step process on boat hulls to allow them to plane sooner and higher in the water and at lower speeds. He first employed his invention on a large scale by retro fitting WWII landing craft in preparation for D-day.
In order to facilitate sanctioned boat racing in New Bern, he and three others founded the East Carolina Yacht Club. Mutt was the last surviving founder of the Yacht Club. Mutt built two race boats which still hold the undefeated championship in their categories with the American Power Boat Association, APBA.
After the war, Mutt went back to work at Barbour Boats, but in 1945 he began an outboard motor and small boat repair operation on the sandy shores of the Trent River beginning with a small 10 foot dock and a lean-two shelter. He built docks up and down our river shores and built the original dock system at Camp Seagull which many remember as the longest on our rivers. He grew his business into a full marina, boat manufacturing plant, sales and full service operation for boats of all kinds. Mutt and his wife, along with two partners at different times, ran Trent Marine Service for forty years.
At the behest of the Coast Guard, Mutt was the original river keeper and rescuer of stranded and foundering boats in the Neuse and Trent River. Due to his fast service boat many lives were saved. He received daily radio weather broadcasts and was the first to fly weather flags for the fishermen in the Neuse River.
Mutt was the first Boston Whaler dealer in the country and sold the first three Boston Whalers manufactured for resale. By acquiring contracts at the various summer camps along the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound, Cherry Point MCB, Camp Lejeune MCB, the Coast Guard and Hatters Yachts, Mutt was the top selling Boston Whaler dealer in the country for ten years.
Mutt served for several years as a board member of the Craven County Recreation Commission and was instrumental commissioning the building of several ball fields in the outlying areas of the county.
Mutt is preceded in death by his father, William Edgar Barwick; mother, Rosalee Smith Barwick; brother, "Wimpy" William Morrison Barwick and youngest daughter Cythia Barwick Ward. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy "Dot" M. Barwick; three children, Rosalee "Rosie" Barwick Freese and her husband, Daniel L. Freese; Dorothy "Dottie" Barwick Jones and "Sonny" Edgar Murle Barwick, Jr.; son-in-law, William "Bill" F. Ward, III; grandchildren, Cory Barwick and wife Lee Ann Dulatre; Kelli J. Murphy and husband, Scott L. Murphy; Jamie Lauren Jones; Muryel Barwick Ward and Caslyn Lee Ward; great-granddaughter Alura Taydn Murphy; niece, Suzanne "Suzy" Barwick Williams and nephew William "Billy" Morrison, Jr., and wife Mary E. Barwick and great nephew, William "Will" Morrison Barwick, III.
A celebration of Mutt's life will be 3:00 PM, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Pollock~Best Chapel with Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood and Rev. Martha Lewis officiating. Burial, with Masonic Rites and Military Honors, will follow at Greenleaf Memorial Park.
Mutt was born in Goldsboro on June 21, 1920 and at age 10 his family moved to New Bern. He immediately began building his first sail boat and finished it at age 12. It caught the eye of future employer "Hub" Barbour who, with Mutt's mother's permission, would watch him work with amazement, hidden behind the bushes daily on his way from work. He attended New Bern Academy and lettered in Baseball and Football. After leaving high school he was hired by Barbour Boats where he became their Design and Production Engineer.
Mutt joined the Navy as a Carpenter's Mate First Class and went ashore at Normandy on D-day as part of a special unarmed unit placed in charge of damaged landing craft. The unit's tools and chain of command perished in the invasion and Mutt became the unit's uncommissioned defacto leader. Without a direct chain of command, he bartered and traded to resupply his unit's tools. Against original orders which were to ship damaged landing craft back to England, his unit salvaged the boats on shore at Normandy in order to produce a fast turn-around repair of the landing craft used on the beach head. Many months later he succumbed to the nonstop bombing over head and was medically discharged, suffering from what is now called Post Traumatic Stress.
Mutt invented the graduated and curved step process on boat hulls to allow them to plane sooner and higher in the water and at lower speeds. He first employed his invention on a large scale by retro fitting WWII landing craft in preparation for D-day.
In order to facilitate sanctioned boat racing in New Bern, he and three others founded the East Carolina Yacht Club. Mutt was the last surviving founder of the Yacht Club. Mutt built two race boats which still hold the undefeated championship in their categories with the American Power Boat Association, APBA.
After the war, Mutt went back to work at Barbour Boats, but in 1945 he began an outboard motor and small boat repair operation on the sandy shores of the Trent River beginning with a small 10 foot dock and a lean-two shelter. He built docks up and down our river shores and built the original dock system at Camp Seagull which many remember as the longest on our rivers. He grew his business into a full marina, boat manufacturing plant, sales and full service operation for boats of all kinds. Mutt and his wife, along with two partners at different times, ran Trent Marine Service for forty years.
At the behest of the Coast Guard, Mutt was the original river keeper and rescuer of stranded and foundering boats in the Neuse and Trent River. Due to his fast service boat many lives were saved. He received daily radio weather broadcasts and was the first to fly weather flags for the fishermen in the Neuse River.
Mutt was the first Boston Whaler dealer in the country and sold the first three Boston Whalers manufactured for resale. By acquiring contracts at the various summer camps along the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound, Cherry Point MCB, Camp Lejeune MCB, the Coast Guard and Hatters Yachts, Mutt was the top selling Boston Whaler dealer in the country for ten years.
Mutt served for several years as a board member of the Craven County Recreation Commission and was instrumental commissioning the building of several ball fields in the outlying areas of the county.
"Mutt" Edgar Murle Barwick, Sr. 90, died on September 24 in his sleep after a short period of ill health. He has crossed over into that perfect land of paradise and is now with his Lord and Heavenly Father. He lived a full and happy life with many accomplishments and leaves behind family and friends that will miss him greatly.
Mutt is preceded in death by his father, William Edgar Barwick; mother, Rosalee Smith Barwick; brother, "Wimpy" William Morrison Barwick and youngest daughter Cythia Barwick Ward. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy "Dot" M. Barwick; three children, Rosalee "Rosie" Barwick Freese and her husband, Daniel L. Freese; Dorothy "Dottie" Barwick Jones and "Sonny" Edgar Murle Barwick, Jr.; son-in-law, William "Bill" F. Ward, III; grandchildren, Cory Barwick and wife Lee Ann Dulatre; Kelli J. Murphy and husband, Scott L. Murphy; Jamie Lauren Jones; Muryel Barwick Ward and Caslyn Lee Ward; great-granddaughter Alura Taydn Murphy; niece, Suzanne "Suzy" Barwick Williams and nephew William "Billy" Morrison, Jr., and wife Mary E. Barwick and great nephew, William "Will" Morrison Barwick, III.
A celebration of Mutt's life will be 3:00 PM, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Pollock~Best Chapel with Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood and Rev. Martha Lewis officiating. Burial, with Masonic Rites and Military Honors, will follow at Greenleaf Memorial Park.
Mutt was born in Goldsboro on June 21, 1920 and at age 10 his family moved to New Bern. He immediately began building his first sail boat and finished it at age 12. It caught the eye of future employer "Hub" Barbour who, with Mutt's mother's permission, would watch him work with amazement, hidden behind the bushes daily on his way from work. He attended New Bern Academy and lettered in Baseball and Football. After leaving high school he was hired by Barbour Boats where he became their Design and Production Engineer.
Mutt joined the Navy as a Carpenter's Mate First Class and went ashore at Normandy on D-day as part of a special unarmed unit placed in charge of damaged landing craft. The unit's tools and chain of command perished in the invasion and Mutt became the unit's uncommissioned defacto leader. Without a direct chain of command, he bartered and traded to resupply his unit's tools. Against original orders which were to ship damaged landing craft back to England, his unit salvaged the boats on shore at Normandy in order to produce a fast turn-around repair of the landing craft used on the beach head. Many months later he succumbed to the nonstop bombing over head and was medically discharged, suffering from what is now called Post Traumatic Stress.
Mutt invented the graduated and curved step process on boat hulls to allow them to plane sooner and higher in the water and at lower speeds. He first employed his invention on a large scale by retro fitting WWII landing craft in preparation for D-day.
In order to facilitate sanctioned boat racing in New Bern, he and three others founded the East Carolina Yacht Club. Mutt was the last surviving founder of the Yacht Club. Mutt built two race boats which still hold the undefeated championship in their categories with the American Power Boat Association, APBA.
After the war, Mutt went back to work at Barbour Boats, but in 1945 he began an outboard motor and small boat repair operation on the sandy shores of the Trent River beginning with a small 10 foot dock and a lean-two shelter. He built docks up and down our river shores and built the original dock system at Camp Seagull which many remember as the longest on our rivers. He grew his business into a full marina, boat manufacturing plant, sales and full service operation for boats of all kinds. Mutt and his wife, along with two partners at different times, ran Trent Marine Service for forty years.
At the behest of the Coast Guard, Mutt was the original river keeper and rescuer of stranded and foundering boats in the Neuse and Trent River. Due to his fast service boat many lives were saved. He received daily radio weather broadcasts and was the first to fly weather flags for the fishermen in the Neuse River.
Mutt was the first Boston Whaler dealer in the country and sold the first three Boston Whalers manufactured for resale. By acquiring contracts at the various summer camps along the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound, Cherry Point MCB, Camp Lejeune MCB, the Coast Guard and Hatters Yachts, Mutt was the top selling Boston Whaler dealer in the country for ten years.
Mutt served for several years as a board member of the Craven County Recreation Commission and was instrumental commissioning the building of several ball fields in the outlying areas of the county.
Mutt is preceded in death by his father, William Edgar Barwick; mother, Rosalee Smith Barwick; brother, "Wimpy" William Morrison Barwick and youngest daughter Cythia Barwick Ward. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy "Dot" M. Barwick; three children, Rosalee "Rosie" Barwick Freese and her husband, Daniel L. Freese; Dorothy "Dottie" Barwick Jones and "Sonny" Edgar Murle Barwick, Jr.; son-in-law, William "Bill" F. Ward, III; grandchildren, Cory Barwick and wife Lee Ann Dulatre; Kelli J. Murphy and husband, Scott L. Murphy; Jamie Lauren Jones; Muryel Barwick Ward and Caslyn Lee Ward; great-granddaughter Alura Taydn Murphy; niece, Suzanne "Suzy" Barwick Williams and nephew William "Billy" Morrison, Jr., and wife Mary E. Barwick and great nephew, William "Will" Morrison Barwick, III.
A celebration of Mutt's life will be 3:00 PM, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Pollock~Best Chapel with Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood and Rev. Martha Lewis officiating. Burial, with Masonic Rites and Military Honors, will follow at Greenleaf Memorial Park.
Mutt was born in Goldsboro on June 21, 1920 and at age 10 his family moved to New Bern. He immediately began building his first sail boat and finished it at age 12. It caught the eye of future employer "Hub" Barbour who, with Mutt's mother's permission, would watch him work with amazement, hidden behind the bushes daily on his way from work. He attended New Bern Academy and lettered in Baseball and Football. After leaving high school he was hired by Barbour Boats where he became their Design and Production Engineer.
Mutt joined the Navy as a Carpenter's Mate First Class and went ashore at Normandy on D-day as part of a special unarmed unit placed in charge of damaged landing craft. The unit's tools and chain of command perished in the invasion and Mutt became the unit's uncommissioned defacto leader. Without a direct chain of command, he bartered and traded to resupply his unit's tools. Against original orders which were to ship damaged landing craft back to England, his unit salvaged the boats on shore at Normandy in order to produce a fast turn-around repair of the landing craft used on the beach head. Many months later he succumbed to the nonstop bombing over head and was medically discharged, suffering from what is now called Post Traumatic Stress.
Mutt invented the graduated and curved step process on boat hulls to allow them to plane sooner and higher in the water and at lower speeds. He first employed his invention on a large scale by retro fitting WWII landing craft in preparation for D-day.
In order to facilitate sanctioned boat racing in New Bern, he and three others founded the East Carolina Yacht Club. Mutt was the last surviving founder of the Yacht Club. Mutt built two race boats which still hold the undefeated championship in their categories with the American Power Boat Association, APBA.
After the war, Mutt went back to work at Barbour Boats, but in 1945 he began an outboard motor and small boat repair operation on the sandy shores of the Trent River beginning with a small 10 foot dock and a lean-two shelter. He built docks up and down our river shores and built the original dock system at Camp Seagull which many remember as the longest on our rivers. He grew his business into a full marina, boat manufacturing plant, sales and full service operation for boats of all kinds. Mutt and his wife, along with two partners at different times, ran Trent Marine Service for forty years.
At the behest of the Coast Guard, Mutt was the original river keeper and rescuer of stranded and foundering boats in the Neuse and Trent River. Due to his fast service boat many lives were saved. He received daily radio weather broadcasts and was the first to fly weather flags for the fishermen in the Neuse River.
Mutt was the first Boston Whaler dealer in the country and sold the first three Boston Whalers manufactured for resale. By acquiring contracts at the various summer camps along the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound, Cherry Point MCB, Camp Lejeune MCB, the Coast Guard and Hatters Yachts, Mutt was the top selling Boston Whaler dealer in the country for ten years.
Mutt served for several years as a board member of the Craven County Recreation Commission and was instrumental commissioning the building of several ball fields in the outlying areas of the county.
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