Barry Boals

Birth date: Jul 30, 1953 Death date: Mar 2, 2016

Barry Boals, age 62, died on March 2, 2016, but he lived from July 30, 1953 until illness overtook him. He is the source of many cherished memories of life, love & laughter with family, friends, customers, neighbors, and even acqu Read Obituary

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Dusty

504w ago

I went to school with Barry at G’Town High and never saw him without a smile on his face. I am so sorry to hear about his passing. I pray God gives all of you strength to carry on. Sincerely, Sheryl Nance Class of ’72

Eddie Settles

505w ago

Barry was a good teammate and a faithful friend at Germantown High School. I know that his family will take much comfort in the kind of man he was from his earliest days. May God richly bless and comfort all of you. Eddie Settles

Coleman Tractor Family

505w ago

Coleman Tractor Family purchased the Heart’s Companion Bouquet for the family of Barry Boals.

Ken Deats

505w ago

I was shocked and saddened to learn of Barry’s passing. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.

Linda C Smith

505w ago

Jeff, I love your memories of Barry! Being the older cousin, my memories are different, but precious nonetheless. I am nine years older than Barry. My memories are of him since he was an infant and I would spend the day with Aunt Anne and Uncle Virgil and enjoyed “helping” with this beautiful baby Cousin. I remember when he was about 2 yrs, I was riding in the car with Aunt Anne and Barry. It was a hot summer day and Aunt Anne had given us cold drinks with a straw. Barry was still trying to learn to drink with a straw but just couldn’t quite get the hang of it. I told him to kiss the straw and that did the trick. When he started learning to say his name, we older cousins thought he was so cute. We would say, “What is your name?” He would answer, “B. Boals”. We would ask him over and over because it was so cute the way he said it. As he grew up he always excelled at sports and he was so good looking, he stole the show at my wedding!! As an adult he carried on the traditions of his father, my Uncle Virgil. Great with the children and a fantastic cook. Since he and the family had to move around because of his work, I didn’t get to see him very often on our adult years but those childhood memories forge a bond that never goes away. My prayers and loving thoughts go to all his family. I will see you Saturday at the service. Lots of Love, your cousin, Linda

Susan Estes Degarmo

505w ago

The Estes family and the Boals family lived next door to each other on Murff when we were kids. The hours of summer evening games of Hide and Go Seek, Kick the Can and just basically getting into everything. Barry was my first boyfriend at the ripe old age of seven! I thought he was the most wonderful boy-next-door ever! Even though we all grew up and went our separate ways..he’ll always have a special corner of my heart. Love to all of Barry’s family…especially Bardara and Mrs. Boals. My prayers are with you. Susan

Richard & Brenda Miller

505w ago

Words cannot describe the sorrow I feel for the loss of my friend Barry. Thankful that Barry is no longer suffering and thankful that when I think of Barry it’s always a good thought-from the time I first met him and he set us up in the JD business and got me started the right way. No one could outwork him and no one could inspire you to want to be the best you could be in whatever venture you were in with him. He even talked me into being a Husqvarna dealer which I hated but I liked Barry more than I hated the product and he worked hard to make it work. I have memories of helping him hobble around in Mexico to us working half the night just to get some project done to help us sell more. He never quit working and never quit smiling. I know I remember him different than many of you that knew him as a Dad, Grandfather or husband but I promise all who knew him loved him as much as you did in many different ways. Rest in peace my friend and thanks for working to make me a better dealer and for caring enough about me as a friend and business partner and wanting me to be a success before I knew I could.

Memorial Park

505w ago

Beautiful in Blue was purchased for the family of Barry Boals.

Jeff Banks

505w ago

Some of the funniest moments in my life, I mean stomach hurting, rib sore laughter, came from moments spent with my wonderful Father-in-law Barry Boals. He was always ready to take off and live. I remember setting off fireworks in Ohio and the cannon tube fell over and shot right back at us into the garage. Or the time we were skiing in Gatlinburg during Christmas and from behind me you hear “Look out, look out.” Barry was doing the best he could to avoid hurting anyone as he hurled out of control into the highly populated area only to hit the orange screen barricade and snap the poles holding it in two. He did however avoid to hurt anyone at the bottom. Realizing who the guy in the orange fence was and that he was ok, we rolled with laughter and told the story over and over. Playing Bowlinga, I cannot recall who did what, one ball went through the back wall and one hit the TV monitor from the outlandish forms that we invented to hurl the ball down the alley. Bear, as he is referred to now with Grand-children, lived to have a good time and make sure everyone around him enjoyed their time while around him. Bear made a lasting impression on me with his dedication to his children and his love of sports and taking part in coaching them. I learned a lot about how to drill and coach watching him work with Paul in his baseball career. I saw the pure joy it would bring him to grab a bucket of balls and head to an empty baseball diamond to work Paul’s batting. I don’t know how many balls I have shagged while watching that but enough to experience the joy he got from it and enough that I want the same with my children. King of the grill, rain or shine, cold or hot. No matter what you were going to eat well and it would be delicious. Steak, ribs, did I mention steak? Bear wearing Papaw’s coat with the fur around the hood. He really did look like a Bear. The food was always delicious and many good meals were shared. I aim and hope to live life as he did. He worked hard, played hard, pushed hard, fought hard and he loved hard. He did everything with his all. He poured every ounce of energy into whatever he did. He followed his heart and was not swayed from what he believed in and for that I will always admire him. God in Heaven loves him and I am sure he has an DIY project going right now with a host of angels. Love you Bear. See you later. Love Jeff

Memorial Park

505w ago

Sentimental Dreams was purchased for the family of Barry Boals.

Jeff Banks

505w ago

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