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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF PAUL E. BARBER, SR., M.D.

     Introduced By: Representatives Morgan, Serpa, Shekarchi, Nunes, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: March 23, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Paul E. Barber, Sr., M.D., passed away on March 16, 2017. He was the son

of the late Benjamin and Alice Barber and the loving husband of Barbara A. Barber and the late

Josephine A. Barber; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Barber was a 1939 graduate of West Warwick High School, where he

excelled and lettered in basketball and baseball. He later graduated from Rhode Island College in

1943, and subsequently served our nation with honor and distinction during World War II as a

member of the United States Navy; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Barber graduated from Tufts University of Medicine in 1946, and after

graduation participated in a rotating internship at the United States Naval Hospital until 1947,

when he once again enlisted into active duty, with the United States Navy Medical Corps and

served in French Morocco. He later finished his residency in Obstetrics at the Providence Lying-

In Hospital in 1950; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Barber, following his graduation from medical school, military service,

and his residency, opened a private practice in West Warwick where he devoted his life and

career to the well-being of his patients for more than fifty years. He was a kind and

compassionate man and physician who was always available to his patients and had a knack for

making everyone in his company feel special; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Barber was a member of the active staff at Kent County Hospital from

1951 to 1995, but he continued his involvement with the hospital until the present day. He was

also a member of the American Medical Association, the Rhode Island Medical Society, the Kent

County Medical Society, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition, he was a

member of the Board of Trustees for Kent Hospital and Blue Cross; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Barber was a fervent supporter of Centreville Bank, where he was

elected as a Corporator in 1972, and to the Board of Trustees in 1975. He also served on the

Bank's Audit Committee from 1990 until 1995, when he was elected to the Bank's Board of

Investment; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Barber leaves behind his wife of almost thirty-two years, Barbara A.

Barber. He leaves behind his children, Gregory P. Barber, John A. Barber and his wife, Barbara,

Paul E. Barber, Jr., Claudia A. Greene, Heidi A. Austin and her husband, Brad, Kim A. Barber,

Jill A. Legault, and the late Deborah A. Grandchamp. He was the stepfather of Anita M. Forest

and her husband, Steven, Patricia A. Houle, and the late Richard N. "Rick" Houle. He was the

brother of the late Arthur, Roland, Leo, Albert, and Doris Barber. Dr. Barber is also survived by

twenty-one grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its condolences on the passing of Dr. Paul E. Barber, Sr.,

M.D.; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Barbara A. Barber and Family.

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