Dorothy Dale (Powell) Barrow

Dorothy Dale (Powell) Barrow, age 90, of Big Spring, passed away peacefully with all her children nearby after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 5th, 2008, at 2:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church in Big Spring Texas. Interment with her late husband Col. (Ret.) Sam Hardy Barrow will be held at a later date, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.Dorothy's parents were the late Currie Coleman and Ivy Lemon Powell of Clarendon, Texas. She attended Clarendon High School, graduated Clarendon College and attended West Texas State (Gamma Phi) in 1938. She married Robert Earl Linder II in Clarendon in 1939 and he preceded her in death in 1966. She married Sam Hardy Barrow in 1986 and he preceded her in death in 2007.Dorothy was a devoted Mother and a friend to untold numbers. She lived an amazing life and spent nearly all her many years in Texas. She was very close to her family and was proud that all her children finished college. She was active with many worthwhile groups all of her life and cared for all living things. She is survived by five(5) children – Robert Earl Linder III, Michael Coleman Linder, Mary Kathryn Lara, Val Joe Linder, Kevin Mc Carter Linder, eight(8) grandchildren, and eighteen(18) great grandchildren. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,