Cliff Barrows

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2012) This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2010) Cliff Barrows Born Clifford Burton Barrows, (1923-04-06) April 6, 1923 (age 90), Ceres, California, U.S. Occupation music director, gospel music artist, evangelist, Years active 1944-present Spouse(s) Wilma "Billie" Newell, 1945-1994 (her death), Ann Prince, 1995-present Children 5 adult, with Newell Awards Gospel Music Hall Of Fame inductee, 1988, Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee, 1996 Clifford Burton Barrows (born April 6, 1923 in Ceres, California) is the longtime music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He has been a part of the Graham organization since 1949. Barrows is best known as the host of Graham's weekly Hour of Decision radio program, and the song leader and choir director for the crusade meetings. Barrows was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1944, and served as an assistant pastor at Temple Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota through 1945. Barrows joined Graham at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina that year, and has remained with Graham ever since. He appeared in the 1970 film His Land with British pop singer Cliff Richard. The film reviews Biblical events as both Cliffs take a pilgrimage to Israel. It was produced by Graham's production company, World Wide Pictures. In 1988, Barrows was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee by the Gospel Music Association. In 1996 he was also inducted into the Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Religious Broadcasters. Barrows' longtime colleague, George Beverly Shea, is also a member of both halls of fame. Personal edit: Barrows was married to the former Wilma "Billie" Newell (1925-1994). They had five children: Bonnie, (born 1948), Robert, (1950) Betty Ruth, (1953), Clifford (Bud) (1955) and William Burton (1962). Barrows married Ann Prince in 1995; the couple now resides in Marvin, North Carolina. In March 2009, Barrows had the remains of his 1st wife Wilma moved from the grounds of their home "The Cove" in Asheville, North Carolina to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. Of Graham, Shea and Barrows, who compose the heart of the Billy Graham team, Barrows is the youngest. Quotes edit: "The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing."

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