James Crawford Barbour, 71, of 240 Ensworth Place, former vice president and director in the Equitable Securities Corp., died yesterday in Park View Hospital after a long illness.
Services will be private, but the family will receive friends at the residence after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The body will be cremated.
Mr. Barbour, a native of Mississippi, grew up in Cookeville, Tenn., and came to Nashville from Cookeville to live with his uncle, Dr. Clarence Wallace. He attended Wallace School and was a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in 1932. He received an MA degree from Tufts College in 1934.
Following a year of teaching at Wallace School, he joined Third National Bank as a trust officer. He moved to the Equitable Securities Corp. in 1956.
Mr. Barbour served as president of the Nashville Community Playhouse in 1943, president of the Family and Children's Service from 1950-1953; president of the Nashville Symphony Association in 1954, chairman of the board of United Way in 1960 and director of the Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center.
He also served on the Nashville Human Relations Commission from 1967 to 1970 and as chairman of the Human Services Corp., created in 1972 to administer federal funds for Nashville's social agencies.
In 1939, he married Sarah Ellen Wilson of Nashville, who died in 1978.
He later married the former Frederica Barach of New York City, who survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Frances Lumbard, Washington, D.C., and Ellen Rodriguez, Spokane, Wash.; a son, John S. Barbour, Underhill, VT.; three sisters, Mary Barbour and Mrs. Fanny Whitlow, Cookeville, and Mrs. Jennings Parrott, Chattanooga; and five grandchildren.
Services will be private, but the family will receive friends at the residence after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The body will be cremated.
Mr. Barbour, a native of Mississippi, grew up in Cookeville, Tenn., and came to Nashville from Cookeville to live with his uncle, Dr. Clarence Wallace. He attended Wallace School and was a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in 1932. He received an MA degree from Tufts College in 1934.
Following a year of teaching at Wallace School, he joined Third National Bank as a trust officer. He moved to the Equitable Securities Corp. in 1956.
Mr. Barbour served as president of the Nashville Community Playhouse in 1943, president of the Family and Children's Service from 1950-1953; president of the Nashville Symphony Association in 1954, chairman of the board of United Way in 1960 and director of the Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center.
He also served on the Nashville Human Relations Commission from 1967 to 1970 and as chairman of the Human Services Corp., created in 1972 to administer federal funds for Nashville's social agencies.
In 1939, he married Sarah Ellen Wilson of Nashville, who died in 1978.
He later married the former Frederica Barach of New York City, who survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Frances Lumbard, Washington, D.C., and Ellen Rodriguez, Spokane, Wash.; a son, John S. Barbour, Underhill, VT.; three sisters, Mary Barbour and Mrs. Fanny Whitlow, Cookeville, and Mrs. Jennings Parrott, Chattanooga; and five grandchildren.
James Crawford Barbour, 71, of 240 Ensworth Place, former vice president and director in the Equitable Securities Corp., died yesterday in Park View Hospital after a long illness.
Services will be private, but the family will receive friends at the residence after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The body will be cremated.
Mr. Barbour, a native of Mississippi, grew up in Cookeville, Tenn., and came to Nashville from Cookeville to live with his uncle, Dr. Clarence Wallace. He attended Wallace School and was a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in 1932. He received an MA degree from Tufts College in 1934.
Following a year of teaching at Wallace School, he joined Third National Bank as a trust officer. He moved to the Equitable Securities Corp. in 1956.
Mr. Barbour served as president of the Nashville Community Playhouse in 1943, president of the Family and Children's Service from 1950-1953; president of the Nashville Symphony Association in 1954, chairman of the board of United Way in 1960 and director of the Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center.
He also served on the Nashville Human Relations Commission from 1967 to 1970 and as chairman of the Human Services Corp., created in 1972 to administer federal funds for Nashville's social agencies.
In 1939, he married Sarah Ellen Wilson of Nashville, who died in 1978.
He later married the former Frederica Barach of New York City, who survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Frances Lumbard, Washington, D.C., and Ellen Rodriguez, Spokane, Wash.; a son, John S. Barbour, Underhill, VT.; three sisters, Mary Barbour and Mrs. Fanny Whitlow, Cookeville, and Mrs. Jennings Parrott, Chattanooga; and five grandchildren.
Services will be private, but the family will receive friends at the residence after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The body will be cremated.
Mr. Barbour, a native of Mississippi, grew up in Cookeville, Tenn., and came to Nashville from Cookeville to live with his uncle, Dr. Clarence Wallace. He attended Wallace School and was a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in 1932. He received an MA degree from Tufts College in 1934.
Following a year of teaching at Wallace School, he joined Third National Bank as a trust officer. He moved to the Equitable Securities Corp. in 1956.
Mr. Barbour served as president of the Nashville Community Playhouse in 1943, president of the Family and Children's Service from 1950-1953; president of the Nashville Symphony Association in 1954, chairman of the board of United Way in 1960 and director of the Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center.
He also served on the Nashville Human Relations Commission from 1967 to 1970 and as chairman of the Human Services Corp., created in 1972 to administer federal funds for Nashville's social agencies.
In 1939, he married Sarah Ellen Wilson of Nashville, who died in 1978.
He later married the former Frederica Barach of New York City, who survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Frances Lumbard, Washington, D.C., and Ellen Rodriguez, Spokane, Wash.; a son, John S. Barbour, Underhill, VT.; three sisters, Mary Barbour and Mrs. Fanny Whitlow, Cookeville, and Mrs. Jennings Parrott, Chattanooga; and five grandchildren.
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