Gordon Barwell

Gordon Richard Barwell, age 58, of Chester, VA, died on Sunday, March 2, 2008. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of the late Richard W. and Mavis Gill Barwell. Gordon was a retired LtCol with the Royal Australian Armored Corps with 25 years of service. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, and the Maylayan War. He was the Commander of the First Armoured Regiment, â??Paratusâ?, based in Pukapunyal â??the Valley of the Windsâ?, Victoria. After moving to the Chester area, he went to work for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management where he spent over 10 years, and currently was the Division Director of Local Support Services. He is survived by his loving wife of 24 years, Felicia S. Barwell; two children, Gerard William Leco Barwell of Richmond, VA, and Airlie Michele Barwell of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and a sister, Elaine Thorp and husband Alan of Melton, Victoria, Australia. The family will receive friends at the J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home on Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A funeral service will be held in his honor on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Virginia Veterans Cemetery at Amelia, Amelia County, VA. Memorial contributions may be made to the Virginia Cancer Institute at 6605 W. Broad Street Richmond, Va. 23230 Attn: Beth O'Donald. Condolences to the family may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com