Remembering Barbara
Written one year ago, October 20, 2025 Barbara Ann Crawford Clay (c. 1932-Oct. 2025) passed away quietly on a Tuesday in October, at, allegedly, 93 years old. Four days later, friends and family came together to remember and honor her life. Barbara was a private woman (she wouldn't even tell her family her birthday), but service attendees shared the memories they had. The following is an amalgamation of the stories collected during the weekend, along with the few anecdotes held by her youngest grandchild, age 27. Barbara was one of four sisters who had two much younger brothers (Peggy, Liz, Barbara, Elenor, John, and Pete), in Rome, Georgia. Her family found a striking wedding portrait of Barbara in her apartment, which elicited the fact that she was widely acknowledged as the third pretties of the Crawford sisters, which really makes a person think. Mainly about why that is widespread family lore. Although her children and grandchildren remember Barbara as peripheral...
