Wendall Joe Barlow

1936 - 2013  (77 years)

• Name	Wendall Joe Barlow  [1, 2]
  Birth	1 Sep 1936	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 2013	Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Obituary, copied from his FindAGrave memorial page Wendall Joe Barlow, 77, of Pineland, died at 6:00 Thursday evening, October 24, 2013, at his home on the Charlie Forse Road, north of Pineland. He was born September 1, 1936 at home in the Slip-Up-and-Hitch Community (between the Plainview and Strickland Crossing Communities) in Sabine County, Texas to Adron Horace "Dick" Barlow (1907-1987) and Ina Mae Russell Barlow (1916-2001). The family soon moved to a home northwest of Pineland, on the Bear Creek Farm that Wendall has continued farming throughout his lifetime. Wendall grew up on this farm, at his father's sawmill and garage, and working on used cars that his father bought and sold. He attended all twelve grades at Pineland I.S.D. schools in Sabine County, graduating from Pineland High School in May, 1954, ranked 9th in a class of nine graduates. His favorite class was Mr. B.A. Reid's Agriculture classes and he supported and encouraged FFA and 4-H activities for the remainder of his life to benefit like-minded boys and girls. From 1954 to 1958, he roughnecked on drilling rigs, both onshore and offshore, mostly in South Louisiana, and worked in all areas of drilling and production. From 1958 to 1960, he did carpentry and concrete work on plants and dwellings. From 1960 to 1963, he worked in Pineland as an automotive mechanic with his father, Dick Barlow, L.P. Knight and Ivy Jacks, in their garage on Highway 96. From 1963 to 1967, he operated heavy equipment while building the Sam Rayburn Reservoir Dam, the Six Mile Bridge, the Ayish Bayou Bridge, and other highway projects in the area. He ran bulldozers, draglines, road maintainers, and scrapers and performed finish work on many of these jobs. In 1967, he hired on at Magasco with United Gas Pipeline Company, and retired from this company in 1991. During that period, he worked as a pipeliner, compressor helper, construction inspector, Magasco Compressor Station Superintendent, and supervised construction and overhaul of various plants, facilities and pipelines all over the south. He loved the old Cooper compressor engines at Magasco, which operated from 1924 until the 1990s. Following retirement from United Gas Pipeline (now Boardwalk/GulfSouth), he continued the same line of inspection work as an independent consultant. He worked all over Louisiana and Texas, sometimes working as many as 350 days in a year. After spending several years consulting in South Texas, he served as chief inspector for the construction of three new pipeline compressor stations for Boardwalk/Gulf South in Mobile, Alabama and Sherman, Texas, completing the last one in Sherman in 2009, at the age of 72. In retirement, he continued running beef cattle on his farms around Pineland, owned and managed rental property in Pineland, continued his community service involvement and established the Sabine County Cowboy Church. He was an uncommon man who lived to work and serve his God, family and community. He worked, almost unceasingly, from daylight to dark, on the job, at the farm, in the church and in the community, and could work circles around men half his age. He was a friend to all and a benefactor to anyone that truly needed help. He never met a stranger and earned friendship, trust and respect quickly. He loved children and children loved him. He loved local history and everything about rural Deep East Texas. He had a memory for details, people, places and things that few could match, if any. He never missed a Pineland Day, a school reunion or a family reunion. He was a man of his word and would go to whatever lengths were necessary to keep his word?and he admired the same in others. He despised cruelty, waste and laziness, and devoted every waking minute to doing his job, maintaining his farm, improving his cattle herd, compiling his collections, and finding ways to help his neighbors. Hundreds of individuals and families in Sabine County have benefitted from his concern and assistance in times of need. He bailed the friendless from jail, made loans to those who could never repay, and found ways to give to widows and orphans through his labor and talents. He was a frugal man concerning his own needs and comfort, but would give the shirt off his back to a family member, friend or stranger in need. He served on the boards of several organizations in Pineland and Sabine County. His retirement, which was forced by his cancer, was spent in planning and providing for the establishment of the Sabine County Cowboy Church. His gifts of land, buildings, furnishings, equipment, labor and love made this mission possible. On October 5, the Pineland Service Club recognized Wendall as the Citizen of the Year at Pineland Day 2013 in recognition of his many years of service to the community through Pineland Day, Pineland Clean Sweep, Business Startup Assistance, Church Establishment, FFA and 4-H activities, and other charitable deeds and philanthropy for the citizens of the Pineland and West Sabine community. He wanted his philanthropy to be anonymous, and if it became public, he humbly diverted the praise to others, or shyly changed the subject. He asked for little in return?and what he did ask for was intended to make life better for the recipient. Wendall is survived by his sons; Rev. Randall Barlow and his wife Pauline of Hull, England, Ronald Barlow of Pineland, and Michael Barlow and his wife Kerie of Stonewall, Louisiana, his daughter; Pam Abdallh and her husband Yousef of Silsbee, five grandchildren (Matt Barlow, Yasmine Abdallh, Ginger Barlow Wallace, Erica Barlow and Cash Barlow) and five great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother; Lamar Barlow and wife Betty of Brookeland, and sisters; Lora Beth Barlow Wright and husband Carl of Houston and Mary Virginia Barlow Edgar and husband Wallace of Texarkana, Arkansas. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 26, 2013, at the Sabine County Cowboy Church in Pineland, with a meal being served at 11:30. Funeral services will closely follow at 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 26, 2013, at the Sabine County Cowboy Church in Pineland. Officiating will be his son Randall Barlow, his brother-in-law Wallace Edgar and J.P. Mills, pastor of the Sabine County Cowboy Church. Burial will follow in the Bethel Chapel Cemetery in Pineland. Pall bearers will be Benny Jacks, Jamie Powell, Tommy Mason, Billy Mack Dickerson, Matt Barlow, Cody McBride, Chip Lowrey and Jennifer Maxey. Conducting the graveside service will be Charlie Creech, pastor of First Baptist Church of Bronson. Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas 75948. The family requests that instead of flowers, please consider making a contribution to the Sabine County Cowboy Church's Arena Construction Fund, P.O. Box 867, Pineland, Texas 75968.
  Person ID	I47186	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Adron Horace "Dick" Barlow,   b. 3 Sep 1907, Texas d. 23 Dec 1987 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ina Mae Russell,   b. 27 Jan 1916, Texas d. 25 Feb 2001 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1932  [1]
  Family ID	F14094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doris Inez Powell,   b. 5 Feb 1939, San Augustine County, Texas d. 18 Oct 2021, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1956
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Ronald Earl Barlow,   b. 2 Aug 1960, Jasper County, Texas d. 26 Aug 2021, Sabine County, Texas (Age 61 years)   4. Living
  Family ID	F14210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Sep 1936 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 24 Oct 2013 - Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Sabine, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04132; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 202-4 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 119262768 (Reliability: 3).