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Obituary – George Odell Barham

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Staff

George Odell Barham, 89, passed away at Britthaven of Chapel Hill on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
He was a veteran of WWII and served in the Army in the South Pacific.

His family wrote, “His patience and ingenuity and joy in life were an inspiration to us.”

He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Barham; son Kim Barham and wife Roberta; granddaughters Tanya and Sonya Barham; and brother Frank Barham and wife Anne.

A funeral service will be held at the Carrboro United Methodist Church on Thursday, April 10 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at the Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro.

Online condolences may be made at walkersfuneralhome.com.

1 thought on “Obituary – George Odell Barham”

  1. Tanya Barham says:
    August 25, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Dear Grandpa. We love you.

    Tanya

    I Could Give All To Time

    – A Poem by Robert Frost

    To Time it never seems that he is brave
    To set himself against the peaks of snow
    To lay them level with the running wave,
    Nor is he overjoyed when they lie low,
    But only grave, contemplative and grave.

    What now is inland shall be ocean isle,
    Then eddies playing round a sunken reef
    Like the curl at the corner of a smile;
    And I could share Time’s lack of joy or grief
    At such a planetary change of style.

    I could give all to Time except – except
    What I myself have held. But why declare
    The things forbidden that while the Customs slept
    I have crossed to Safety with? For I am There,
    And what I would not part with I have kept.

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