Ardeth Marie Barlow

On Thursday, July 3, Ardeth Marie Barlow of Florence, peacefully passed at the age of 91. She graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College with an Associate in Arts. She later studied at Mississippi College and then University of Southern Mississippi where she received her Bachelor’s in Science. She taught History at Florence High School. She enjoyed reading, cooking, and travelling. She was a gardener and had many beautiful flowers around her home. She loved all animals, and over the years she had many beloved pets.

She is preceded in death by her parents Willie Ernest and Elizabeth Corrine Barlow, her brother Ernest Lowery Barlow, her sister Alice Voncile Harrison, and her great nephews Dustin Ray Porter and Jordan Barlow Newman. She is survived by her sister Myra Bardin, and her sister-in-law Doris Helen Barlow. She will lovingly be remembered by her nieces Carolynn Switzer (Lamar), Lucy McAdory (George), Barbara Moore, Michelle Wilkerson, Kristi Newman (Jay), her nephew David Bardin (Betty), her great nieces Jessica Harvey (Billy), Olivia Newman, and Taylor Harrison (Jordan Hooter), her great nephews Kyle Calhoun, Eric Newman (Lauren), Corey Newman (Laurina), and Brad Newman (Megan), her great-great nieces Lorien Harvey, Allison Harvey, Charlotte Newman, Parker Newman, great-great nephew Jackson Anthony Hooter, and numerous other relatives, and friends.

A graveside service will be held at Poplar Springs Cemetery on Crosby Road in Florence MS. on July 14th, at 10:00am, where she will be laid to rest beside her beloved grandmother Fannie Barlow.