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Gerald Otto Barr 1916 - 2012

Gerald Otto Barr was born on December 12, 1916 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri United States to Wyley Jack Barr and Evorie Margaret (Bomas) Burton, and had a brother Wyley Joe Barr. He was in a relationship with Freda Austelle (Lohr) Barr, and had a child Gerald Lynn Barr. Gerald Barr died at age 95 years old on March 2, 2012 at at home in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL, and was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 628 Site 1603 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.

Gerald Otto Barr

Jerry

December 12, 1916

Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States

March 2, 2012

at home in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States

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12/12

1916

Birthday

December 12, 1916

Birthdate

Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Gerald "Jerry" was Caucasian. Born to Evorie Margaret Burton and Wyley Jack Barr, their second son, brother of Wyley Joe Barr in Joplin, Missouri. Evorie was born in Texas, in 1892, to John Samuel Burton and Margaret Angeline Bomar. Wyley was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1893. Wyley's father was also born in Fayetteville, AK, in 1857, and his name was Albert Franklin Barr. Mother was Susie Bell Call, born in Mount Vernon, Missouri, in 1868.
Nationality & Locations

His parents divorced when he and his brother Joe were small children. His father remarried 4 more times. His mother re-married to Herman Gumm in Nov. 10th 1923. They had one daughter, Mary, born in July 1925. His mother passed away in Feb 1930. Jerry went to live with his widowed grandmother, Maggie Burton, in San Antonio, TX, and his brother went to live with his mother's younger sister, Mary Hazel Burton, in El Paso, TX. Jerry attended a one room school house in San Antonio and his teacher was Miss Evorie Dillingham (1873 -1975) His own mother was named after his school teacher, as she was a family friend to the Bomar's and the Burton's. There is a school named for Miss Dillingham, in Sherman, TX, the Dillingham Intermediate School. She came to TX with her parents in a covered wagon. She taught school for over 50 years and also as a coach and a principal. Jerry ran into her one day while he was working at Maverick Clark Advertising after WWII and she knew him immediately on sight. Jerry told me, his daughter, that Miss Dillingham was delighted to see him and wished him well.
Religious Beliefs

Jerry wasn't raised in church but attended Methodist churches in the San Antonio, TX area with his grandmother. Accepted Christ and baptized at First Baptist of Lakeland, Florida, in 1943.
Military Service

Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii He was stationed in places in Florida and Texas. While in Lakeland, Florida at Drane Field, he was a link trainer for the B-17's and B-24's for the United States Army Air Corps that had contracted Lodwick School of Aeronautics for pilot training.
Professional Career

Jerry worked for Maverick Clark in San Antonio, Texas. He worked for The Tampa Tribune Newspaper in advertising in the 1950's -1960's. He then opened Jerry Barr Signs in Tampa, Florida, in 1969 where he worked until he was 88 years old. He was very creative hand sign painter. Also painted large wall sized murals, portraits, and built scenery for plays and productions,
Personal Life & Family

Jerry gave back to the community. He was an volunteer escort thru the USMC at the James A. Haley V.A. Hospital in Tampa, Florida, for over 23 years. Even though he couldn't read music, Jerry was self taught (like his own father, Wyley, did when he played the pipe organ for silent picture shows) to play numerous brass instruments, including the trombone, clarinet, trumpet, coronet, bass guitar, alto and tenor sax, cymbals, and maracas. He and his wife, Freda, would play at senior care centers around Tampa especially during the holidays to entertain the patients and at the VA where they both volunteered. Jerry also built and painted dramatic scenery gratis for numerous churches for the holidays and patriotic productions that the churches put on during the year.
03/2

2012

Death

March 2, 2012

Death date

Old age

Cause of death

at home in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida United States
Death location

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Gravesite & Burial

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Florida National Cemetery Section 628 Site 1603 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell, Fl 33513
Burial location
Obituary

Gerald Otto Barr passed away peacefully at home in Tampa, Florida, where he lived with his wife, Freda, on the 2nd of March 2012. He was 95 years, 2 months, 19 days old. He told me about 2 weeks before his death, in his mind he felt like he was in his early 20's. If they could only fix him with spare parts, he mused out loud to me. He sort of laughed when he said that.

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