Robert Leslie Barton
Robert Leslie Barton peacefully passed away on August 22, 2024, at the age of 92, in his home surrounded by family. Bob was born in Wichita, Kansas on January 21, 1932, to Fred Thomas and Ethel Alexander Barton.
Bob attended schools in Wichita, Dallas and Houston. He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston in 1950 and received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston in 1954. He was employed in 1954 by Humble Oil and Refining Company, which later became Exxon, and later still, ExxonMobil. He worked on a drilling rig and then as an engineer in Bay City, Ganado, Odessa, and Midland, Texas, in Hobbs, New Mexico, Houston, and New Orleans. He moved into Exxon's Human Resources Department in New Orleans and retired in Houston in 1992 as Division HR Manager. While working in Bay City he met a lovely young lady from nearby Edna, Maudie Eleanor Billups. They married in 1956 and enjoyed 68 years together, raising five children. Bob enjoyed researching family genealogy and was an avid golfer with two verified holes-in-one.
Bob was preceded in death by his brother, James Wesley Barton, and his son, James (Jimmy) Michael Barton. He is lovingly remembered by: his wife, Maudie; his sons Robert Andrew and wife Dawn, and Randall Edward; his daughters Leslie Guzman and husband Robert, and Susan Gates and husband Thomas; grandchildren: Dan Barton and wife Caroline, Kyle Barton and wife Caitlin, Simone Sandlin and husband John, Amy Arguedas and husband Jorge, Robert Guzman, Randy Guzman and wife Lauren, Nicole Dool, Haley Dool, and Chad Dool; great grandchildren: Edison and Benson Barton, Jude Barton, Acacia, Abigail and Andrew Sandlin, Kaydence, Makinley, and Beckett Arguedas, Daniel and Hazel Guzman, Maddox, Kason, and Hudson Guzman.
A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 27 at 11:00 AM in the Memory Gardens Cemetery, Edna Texas.
Arrangements are under the direction of Oaklawn Funeral Home in Edna. 361-782-2221.