Eva Mobie Barlow

BARLOW, Eva Mobie Conner, stepped into the light of eternal love December 17, 2009. She joins her mother, Florence Smith Conner Mabry and father, Jackie Preston Conner; two brothers, Toy Melvin Conner and George Willie Conner Sr.; husband, Robert Earl Barlow; and one son-in-law, Tim Saunders. She is deeply mourned by the families of her sister, Jane Cole; and brother, Ray Mabry, of Pilot, Va. Also grieving is her loving companion, Ivan Owens and family. She is the beloved mother of Bonnie and son-in-law, Myron Kiltz, Penny Saunders, and Melissa and son-in-law, Richard Anderson. Additionally loved as daughters include, Gail Allen, Kimberly Quinn Barlow and families. She is the cherished grandmother of Jake Ryan and Kyle Saunders, Courtney, Erica, Mitchell Kiltz and Thomas Allen. She is also survived by many precious nieces, nephews and cousins. Eva (or Mobie) was a sweet loving soul who touched the lives of so many. She graduated as a Registered Nurse from Grace Hospital and spent many years nursing, mostly at Richmond Memorial Hospital. A celebration of her life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 26, 2009 at Bennett Funeral Home in Mechanicsville, Va. In lieu of flowers, she requested memorials be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2727 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 104, Richmond, Va. 23294, or go to cff.org. Mama, you will be greatly missed. Those that didn't love you had yet to meet you. Please know that this world is a much better place because you were in it.


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