Arnold P. "Shorty" Barbour

BARBOUR, Arnold P. "Shorty," 92, of Chester, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Lucy Corr Village. He was the son of the late Otha F. and Queen Victoria Quarles Barbour. Mr. Barbour was a retired baker for Famous Foods of Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Chappie Sue Barbour; two sons, Charles P. Barbour and wife, Jody, of Chester, and Billy L. Barbour and wife, Marti, of Basalt, Colorado; two daughters, Shirley S. Smith and husband, Ronnie, of Glen Allen, and Brenda B. English and husband, Chuck, of Richmond; two sisters, Ida Barbour Lumpkin of Chester and Reva Lois Hedrick of Martinsville; seven grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 22, 2010 at Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church, 17120 Jefferson Davis Highway, Colonial Heights, Va. 23834, with the Reverend Richard J. Geoghegan officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park, Chester. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church, Memorial Fund. Condolences may be registered at: www.ealvinsmall.com.



This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.