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Memorial Bulletins

Gabriel Lashley Barlow Memorial Service

November 7, 2020

A Service of Celebration for the Life of

Gabriel Lashley Barlow

October 27, 1977 — October 13, 2020

November 7, 2020, 11:30 am

Rev. Kent Gilbert, Pastor

Union Church  Bernardo Scarambone, Organist

Meditation 

Like the stars by day, our beloved dead are not seen with mortal eyes. Yet they shine…

Those who live no more echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become.  Thus, even when they are gone, the departed are with us, moving us to live fully, even in the shadow of loss.

from The Memorial Rituals Book For Healing And Hope, edited by Ann Marie Putter

Gathering Music

Ringing of the Peace Bell Carol Gilliam

Welcome Rev. Kent Gilbert

A Silence Is Observed for Peace

Music If I Needed You Townes Van Zandt Deborah Payne and Sam Gleaves

Reflections 

Shannon Goolsbee, friend from birth

Jooyeon Lee, dear friend from Seoul

Steve Royse, lifelong friend

Ben Lamm, friend from birth 

Music White Freightliner Blues Townes Van Zandt Deborah Payne and Sam Gleaves

Reflections

Darrin Kornelsen, friend from Seoul

Paul Jung Estabrook, friend from undergraduate and Seoul

Michelle Goolsbee White, lifelong friend

Henry Bundy, best friend

Eulogy Rev. Diana Hultgren, Chaplain, Markey Cancer Center

Video Memories

Music Morning Has Broken eleanor Harjeon/Yusuf Islam

Union Church Choir & Orchestra members

Candle Lighting

During this time we invite watchers to share a word, a reflection, a memory with the family by using the chat or comment box. All responses will be saved and shared. This would also be a time to light a candle.

Closing Blessings Rev. Diana Hultgren

Postlude

During the Postlude the family will process to the Memorial Garden. Online viewers are encouraged to share thoughts and memories of Gabe in the chat and comment boxes. All comments will be shared with the family.

Gabriel Lashley Barlow

October 27, 1977 — October 13, 2020

Gabriel Lashley Barlow, beloved son, brother and friend to many, born October 27, 1977, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 surrounded by loved ones. The cause was metastatic lung cancer. He was 42. Gabe lived life vivaciously, with an innate sense of playfulness, wit, righteousness, generosity, unfailing loyalty and beauty. Raised in Berea, Kentucky, Gabe cultivated lifelong, intergenerational friendships. He spent summers swimming and diving with the Berea Dolphins and visiting grandparents on their dairy and turkey farms. Each school year, he played soccer and tennis and swam for Berea Community. After high school, Gabe discovered his passion for photography and visual imaging, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Intermont College and a Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Perhaps Gabe’s biggest adventure was to move to Seoul, South Korea in 2010, to teach English to elementary and middle school children. There he found meaningful work and Bella, his dog. Gabe remained in Seoul until 2019, living, teaching and continuing to make enduring friendships.

He is survived by his parents, Dale and Rita Lashley Barlow, his sister and brother-in-law, Morgan Lashley Barlow and Elia Bizzarri, his dog, Bella, many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who became family, around the world.

In lieu of flowers, first, take care of one another and choose acts of kindness. If you’d like to make a donation in Gabe’s name, please contribute to Berea Food Bank (108 Parkway St., Berea, KY 40403) or the Markey Cancer Center Foundation (https://ukmarkey.org/honor-a-loved-one/).

Thank you to all who have extended kindness in memory of Gabe.

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