Issue date: 11/28/05 Section: News

BARR

Kristy Lynn Barr, a senior marketing major, was a caring woman who loved life and loved to laugh, Adam Beaugh said.

"She was very spontaneous and made the most out of every second she could," said Beaugh, a senior marketing major and Barr's boyfriend. "She loved life, she was caring and was a good listener and was very wise and mature for her age, and a lot of people recognize that and that's why a lot of people went to her for advice."

Barr, 22, died Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., in a car accident. Barr is survived by her parents, John W. and Terry A. Bell and Bob E. and Lisa M. Barr, her sisters Jennifer Charlotte Bell and Jessica Ann Bell and her grandparents, William Bell, Marilyn Yingling and Beverly Barr.

Beaugh said Dal-Tile Corp. had just hired Barr, a native of Garland, as a service center manager. She traveled to Orlando to make living arrangements and meet coworkers, he said. Beaugh said he received a text message from Barr at 1:02 a.m. that said she had gone to dinner with her coworkers and that she would call him when she returned to the hotel that night. However, Beaugh said he never received that call - Barr's manager reportedly lost control of the company's vehicle on the ride home and Barr, who was riding in the passenger side, died after the SUV flipped several times.

The Orlando Sentinel reported that troopers said that alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor, but they won't know for sure for several weeks.

Terry Bell, Barr's mother, said her family plans to start the Kristy Barr Foundation to inform recent graduates in the job market that they should not have to be put in dangerous situations by their new employers.

"They kept her out all day; kept her out to the wee hours of the morning," Bell said. "We want to go around to job fairs at colleges and businesses to say that kids have a choice and a voice. We just felt like Kristy was in a no-win situation. She was trapped."

Bell said Barr became a Christian at age 10, and that she decided to attend Texas A&M because the school offers many opportunities where she could grow in faith.

"We sent an 18-year-old there, and she came back a wonderful Christian woman," Bell said. "The more she could take in, the more she seemed to flourish."

Beaugh said Barr was involved in Christian Business Leaders, Aggie Sisters for Christ, Working in the Light Group Leaders and was formerly a resident adviser (RA) for The Tradition at Northgate. Beaugh said Barr loved her family, was involved with Central Baptist Church in College Station, and enjoyed cooking, running, playing tennis, deep conversations with her friends and crafts.

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