EDWARD JAMES BARRON SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AND ANGELS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON NOVEMBER 14TH, AT THE AGE OF 87. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARIE DONALDA BARRON (POIRIER), HIS DAUGHTER LISA MARIE BARRON BATHGATE, HUSBAND ANDY BATHGATE AND HIS CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN, LINDSEY BATHGATE CAVANAGH, (HUSBAND ERIK) AND ANDREW BATHGATE, HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JACK AND LYLA-RAE CAVANAGH. EDDY WAS THE SON OF THE LATE PIERCE AND HELEN (NAWROCKI) BARRON. SISTER TO THE LATE HELEN LIGHTLOWER. UNCLE TO SEVERAL NEICES AND NEWPHEWS. GREW UP IN PROVIDENCE ON FLORENCE STREET AREA WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LINED WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MANY MEMORIES. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY FROM 1953 TO 1958. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE AMERICAN FLAG AND WHAT IT STOOD FOR. UPON MARRYING MARIE, THEY MOVED TO CONNECTICUT. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, HIS DAUGHTER, LISA WAS BORN. IN ADDITION TO HIS DAY JOB, HE WORKED AS A BARTENDER AT THE KEYSTONE, BECAME A PRESIDENT OF THE JAYCEES WHERE HE AND THE CHAPTER WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HOSTING THE MISS AMERICAN PAGENT OF 1965. EDDY AND HIS FAMILY RETURNED BACK TO RHODE ISLAND AND SETTLED IN WARWICK. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE WARWICK FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A DISPATCHER. HE SERVED HIS COMMUNITY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. SOME OF HIS FAVORITE PASTIMES WERE: A LITTLE BIT OF TRAVEL (FLORIDA/OLD ORCHARD BEACH/BLOCK ISLAND), SPENDING TIME WITH FRIIENDS AT LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND MOST OF ALL BEING INVOLVED IN HIS GRANDCHILDREN’S LIVES THIS SHOWING THEM HOW TO MAKE “AWESOMES”, RIDES TO SCHOOL, VISITING THE CAROUSEL, FEEDING THE DUCKS AND BEING A STAPLE AT SCOCCER GAMES FOR LINDSEY AND HOCKEY FOR ANDREW. HE ALSO QUICKLY BECAME A FRIEND AND A GPA FOR THE SPORTS FAMILY. HIS INVOLVEMENT CARRIED ON WITH JACK AND LYLA. MANY GOOD TIMES WERE HAD AT THE “SUMMER HOUSE” IN PAWTUXET. EDDY WAS A GOLD MEMBER OF THE PAWTUXET ATHLETIC CLUB. HE WAS ALSO A FULL FLEDGED MEMBER OF THE BOTTOMLINE “ONE MORE CLUB”. HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED TAKING HIS FAMILY OUT TO THE INN, CORA’S COUNTY CORK AND JUDY’S. EDDY HAD A LOVE OF MUSICALS (HELLO DOLLY/MY FAIR LADY) AND MUSIC. SONGS FROM THE 40’S, 50’S AND 60’S LINE HIS PORTFOLIO. “THAT’S LIFE” BY FRANK SINATRA WAS HIS FAVORITE. SAINT PATRICK’S DAY WAS HIS FAVORITE HOLIDAY, HOWEVER, IF YOU KNEW HIM, ANY REASON TO CELEBRATE NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL WAS EMBRACED AND ENJOYED. HIS SMILE WAS WARMING, HIS JOKES FUNNY, HIS WORDS OF WISDOM TO THE POINT. EDDY WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, GREAT DAD, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE AND FRIEND. HE IS LOVED AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. FUNERAL THURSDAY AT 9:00AM FROM THE JONES-WALTON-SHERIDAN FUNERAL HOME, 1895 BROAD ST. AT PARK AVE. CRANSTON, FOLLOWED BY A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL CELEBRATED AT ST. TIMOTHY CHURCH, 1799 WARWICK AVE., WARWICK AT 10:00 AM BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONORS AT RI VETERAN CEMETERY, EXETER, RI CALLING HOURS WEDNESDAY 4:00-7:00 PM VISIT:JWSFH.COM A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE CELEBRATED AT PAWTUXET ATHLETIC CLUB, ABORN ST, CRANSTON, RI. FOLLOWING SERVICES.
