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Submitted: 3/8/23 • Approved: 3/10/23 • Last Updated: 3/13/23 • R1474624-G0-S3
Nov 2, 1942 - July 3, 2021
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William Christopher Barrier was born November 2, 1942, in Jacksonville, Fla., where his father worked for the Navy. He died, July 3, 2021, in Little Rock. He is survived by his wife Nan Selz, daughters Catherine Barrier of Little Rock and SevaPriya Sarah Barrier of Alachua, Fla., and two grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother Michael and wife Phyllis of Little Rock, by Emily Charles Barrier, the mother of his daughters, and by his stepsons Micah Brown and Jacob Brown.
Chris was a graduate of Hendrix College and Duke University Law School. He practiced law for over 50 years with the Mitchell Williams Law Firm in Little Rock, helping it grow from eight to over 90 lawyers in five offices. He served on and chaired numerous Arkansas Bar Association sections and committees and its governing bodies and was an award-winning seminar speaker. He published hundreds of columns, law review articles, practice pointers and book reviews, primarily on real estate law. He was recognized as an outstanding pro bono lawyer by Central Arkansas Legal Services and for his humanitarian efforts by Hendrix and the Arkansas Bar Foundation.
He published and illustrated scores of casual and travel pieces, editorial cartoons and Gridiron playbills. He was general secretary of his book club for over 20 years. He was an Arkansas Arts Center trustee and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra officer and director and pro bono lawyer. He served two years as president of the Woodruff Elementary PTA. He organized and raised funds for Friends of the Zoo, Inc. and served as its first president. He was an active leader and fund raiser for Hendrix College. He helped save and restore three historic buildings in the Quapaw Quarter. He served as a volunteer and trustee at Temple B'nai Israel.
Services at the Temple. Inurnment at the Hendrix College Columbarium.
Source: Ruebel Funeral Home, http://www.ruebelfuneralhome.com
Contributed on 3/8/23 by hawkinsdonna48
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