Obituary - George Odell Barham
Apr 10, 2008 Obituary Jump to Comments
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.
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.