BARLOW, JOHN L.

LAUREL – Services are 2 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel for John L. “Jack” Barlow, 86, of Laurel, who died Nov. 23, 2009, at his home.

Burial is in Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Barlow was retired from Essmueller and a member of West Laurel Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and served as a Marine Raider in the Pacific Theater. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Sarah Boler Barlow of Laurel; and two sisters, Louise Britton of Fairhope, Ala., and Mary Netherland of Pearl.

He was preceded in death by his parents, W. Ned Barlow and Mary Logan Barlow.