Obit of Laila Gwinn Barlow (b640) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Miller 20 Jan 2000 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== Surnames: Barlow, Irwin, Self Jan. 19, 2000 Laila Gwinn Barlow Services will be held 22-Jan-2000 in the Steverson Funeral Home Chapel in Anadarko, Caddo Co, Ok. for Laila Gwinn Barlow who died 19-Jan-2000 at Corn, Custer co., Ok. at the age of 106. Burial will be in the Memory Lane Cemetery at Anadarko under the direction of the Steverson Funeral Home of Anadarko. Barlow was born 03-Jul-1893 in Paris, Texas to Benjamin F. and Sarah Matilda (Self) Irwin. She married Casey Barlow. She came with her family to Caddo county in 1910, residing three miles west of Binger, Caddo county, Ok. After graduation from high school she attended Oklahoma State Normal College, now Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford, Ok., where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught at Fern and Whitebread schools in Caddo County and Mountain View school in Kiowa county. After her marriage she worked at Lacey Pioneer Abstract in Anadarko, Ok. before moving to Oklahoma City, Ok., where she worked at the State Capital Building for the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1942 she worked at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Ok. when it first opened. She bought the first house sold in Midwest City. After her retirement from Tinker she remained in the Oklahoma City area until she moved to the Heritage Village Nursing Home at Corn in August of 1991. She was preceded in death by her husband, and her parents. Survivors include two nieces and four nephews, plus numerous other realtives.