Sam “S. L.” Barrow, 85, of Beaumont, died Monday, December 6, 2004 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
A native of Beaumont, he had lived in High Island a number of years before moving back to Beaumont, where he had lived most of his adult life and was a retired pipe fitter with Local Union 211. Sam had also been a newspaper distributor for the Beaumont Enterprise for twenty-five years.
Survivors include his daughters, Ann Holtzclaw and her husband Doug, Judy Cheryl and her husband Richard all of Beaumont, and Kay Gobert and her husband John of Lumberton; his sister, Lorraine Hicks and her husband Dan of Lodi; his grandchildren, Doug Holtzclaw, Jill Midkiff and her husband Doug, Michael Holtzclaw, Jerry Scott Holtzclaw, Todd Holtzclaw and his wife Alyssa, Kelli Broussard, Cheri LeBlanc Thorn and her husband Mark, Danielle Renee’ LeBlanc, Richard LeBlanc III, Stephen Leblanc and his wife Susie, Sharon Hale and her husband Joe, Eric Gobert, Justin Gobert, Mark Hagner and his wife Kim, Dennis Hagner, Matt Hagner and his wife Cathy; twenty great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His wife, Gussie Lois Barrow, of fifty-six years preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 9, 2004 at Broussard’s Chapel, 2000 McFaddin followed by burial at Magnolia Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be 5:00-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Burns Institute Galveston Unit-Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, 815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas 77550.
