Betty Ann Fladger Williams Barrow (‘43), Denton :: She studied journalism and then theatre at North Texas in the 1940s and early ‘50s. After her first husband, Navy pilot Welby Williams (’46), died in 1953, she married former classmate Frank Barrow (’43), who later served as Denton mayor. They ran several clothing shops, including the Varsity Shop near campus, and were longtime leaders in the Denton Community Theatre, where she was an actor, director and costumer. Survivors include sons David Barrow (’83, ’86 M.A.) and Mike Barrow, who attended in the early 1980s.
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Betty Ann Fladger Williams Barrow (‘43), Denton :: She studied journalism and then theatre at North Texas in the 1940s and early ‘50s. After her first husband, Navy pilot Welby Williams (’46), died in 1953, she married former classmate Frank Barrow (’43), who later served as Denton mayor. They ran several clothing shops, including the Varsity Shop near campus, and were longtime leaders in the Denton Community Theatre, where she was an actor, director and costumer. Survivors include sons David Barrow (’83, ’86 M.A.) and Mike Barrow, who attended in the early 1980s.