Retired physical education director, professor and author Dr. Harold M.Barrow, 95, formerly of Callaway County, MO died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Dr. Barrow was born August 8, 1909 in New Bloomfield, MO, the second son of the late Guy E. and Eva Cave Barrow. He married the late Grace Barrow on Sept. 2, 1939. He married Kate Dunn Weaver on December 26, 1971. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Grace Witt; and five brothers, Cave Barrow, Raymond Barrow, Loyd Barrow, Finis Barrow and John Barrow. He receiving an A.B. degree from Westminster College in 1936, where he starred in basketball and track. He was one of five brothers who graduated from Westminster. In 1942 he earned an M.A. from the University of Missouri and then obtained a P.E.D. from Indiana University in 1953. Dr. Barrow began his 47-year service in education teaching in a one-room schoolhouse from 1930 to 1934. He later worked as a high school coach and director of physical education in Fulton, MO, from 1936 to 1943 before serving a two-year stint in the Navy as a specialist in athletics and rehabilitation. After returning home from the Navy, he spent three years as the head football and basketball coach, as well as Director of Athletics and Physical Education, at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois.
Dr. Barrow spent the majority of his esteemed career at Wake Forest University, where he served as a professor of physical education from 1948 to 1977, as well as chairman of the Physical Education Department from 1957 to 1975. He received many awards during his distinguished career. Among these were the Medallion of Merit from Wake Forest University, the Kingdom ofCallaway Award in 1958, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College in 1975, Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University in 1988, and the Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 1995. He served as president of the American Academy of Physical Education in 1979. Dr. Barrow had written a number of highly regarded and widely used articles and books on health and physical education including Man and Movement: Principles of Physical Education, which was published in three editions from 1971 to 1982, and A Practical Approach to Measurement in Physical Education, co-authored with Dr. Rosemary McGee from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Along with his five brothers, Dr. Barrow was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. The Barrow brothers were a dominant, nearly unbeatable independent basketball team in the 1930s and early 1940s, in an era before professional basketball was established and the elite college players played on independent teams. Dr. Barrow was the brothers' star forward and leading scorer. The Barrow brothers were the first team of brothers to be inducted into Missouri's Hall of Fame. A man of many talents, Dr. Barrow was musical, artistic and poetic. He learned to play the organ without ever taking a lesson.
Dr. Barrow spent the majority of his esteemed career at Wake Forest University, where he served as a professor of physical education from 1948 to 1977, as well as chairman of the Physical Education Department from 1957 to 1975. He received many awards during his distinguished career. Among these were the Medallion of Merit from Wake Forest University, the Kingdom ofCallaway Award in 1958, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College in 1975, Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University in 1988, and the Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 1995. He served as president of the American Academy of Physical Education in 1979. Dr. Barrow had written a number of highly regarded and widely used articles and books on health and physical education including Man and Movement: Principles of Physical Education, which was published in three editions from 1971 to 1982, and A Practical Approach to Measurement in Physical Education, co-authored with Dr. Rosemary McGee from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Along with his five brothers, Dr. Barrow was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. The Barrow brothers were a dominant, nearly unbeatable independent basketball team in the 1930s and early 1940s, in an era before professional basketball was established and the elite college players played on independent teams. Dr. Barrow was the brothers' star forward and leading scorer. The Barrow brothers were the first team of brothers to be inducted into Missouri's Hall of Fame. A man of many talents, Dr. Barrow was musical, artistic and poetic. He learned to play the organ without ever taking a lesson.
Retired physical education director, professor and author Dr. Harold M.Barrow, 95, formerly of Callaway County, MO died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Dr. Barrow was born August 8, 1909 in New Bloomfield, MO, the second son of the late Guy E. and Eva Cave Barrow. He married the late Grace Barrow on Sept. 2, 1939. He married Kate Dunn Weaver on December 26, 1971. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Grace Witt; and five brothers, Cave Barrow, Raymond Barrow, Loyd Barrow, Finis Barrow and John Barrow. He receiving an A.B. degree from Westminster College in 1936, where he starred in basketball and track. He was one of five brothers who graduated from Westminster. In 1942 he earned an M.A. from the University of Missouri and then obtained a P.E.D. from Indiana University in 1953. Dr. Barrow began his 47-year service in education teaching in a one-room schoolhouse from 1930 to 1934. He later worked as a high school coach and director of physical education in Fulton, MO, from 1936 to 1943 before serving a two-year stint in the Navy as a specialist in athletics and rehabilitation. After returning home from the Navy, he spent three years as the head football and basketball coach, as well as Director of Athletics and Physical Education, at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois.
Dr. Barrow spent the majority of his esteemed career at Wake Forest University, where he served as a professor of physical education from 1948 to 1977, as well as chairman of the Physical Education Department from 1957 to 1975. He received many awards during his distinguished career. Among these were the Medallion of Merit from Wake Forest University, the Kingdom ofCallaway Award in 1958, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College in 1975, Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University in 1988, and the Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 1995. He served as president of the American Academy of Physical Education in 1979. Dr. Barrow had written a number of highly regarded and widely used articles and books on health and physical education including Man and Movement: Principles of Physical Education, which was published in three editions from 1971 to 1982, and A Practical Approach to Measurement in Physical Education, co-authored with Dr. Rosemary McGee from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Along with his five brothers, Dr. Barrow was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. The Barrow brothers were a dominant, nearly unbeatable independent basketball team in the 1930s and early 1940s, in an era before professional basketball was established and the elite college players played on independent teams. Dr. Barrow was the brothers' star forward and leading scorer. The Barrow brothers were the first team of brothers to be inducted into Missouri's Hall of Fame. A man of many talents, Dr. Barrow was musical, artistic and poetic. He learned to play the organ without ever taking a lesson.
Dr. Barrow spent the majority of his esteemed career at Wake Forest University, where he served as a professor of physical education from 1948 to 1977, as well as chairman of the Physical Education Department from 1957 to 1975. He received many awards during his distinguished career. Among these were the Medallion of Merit from Wake Forest University, the Kingdom ofCallaway Award in 1958, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College in 1975, Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University in 1988, and the Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 1995. He served as president of the American Academy of Physical Education in 1979. Dr. Barrow had written a number of highly regarded and widely used articles and books on health and physical education including Man and Movement: Principles of Physical Education, which was published in three editions from 1971 to 1982, and A Practical Approach to Measurement in Physical Education, co-authored with Dr. Rosemary McGee from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Along with his five brothers, Dr. Barrow was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. The Barrow brothers were a dominant, nearly unbeatable independent basketball team in the 1930s and early 1940s, in an era before professional basketball was established and the elite college players played on independent teams. Dr. Barrow was the brothers' star forward and leading scorer. The Barrow brothers were the first team of brothers to be inducted into Missouri's Hall of Fame. A man of many talents, Dr. Barrow was musical, artistic and poetic. He learned to play the organ without ever taking a lesson.
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Problem 1:I searched the stated plot or section and could not find the grave
Details:Records@the cemetery office indicate that Dr. Barrow owned 2 grave sites but they have no record of his burial. I did locate the marker of his first wife.
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