In Memoriam: Henry “Bumpi” L. Barwood (1947–2016)
From Mindat.org:
I bring the sad news that Dr. Henry(Bumpi) Barwood passed away this afternoon. Bumpi had a procedure to remove a large kidney stone. The procedure went well and he went to recovery and a short time later he was gone. For over fifty eight years he was my very good true friend and I was blessed to know him. Bumpi is survived by his wife, Jane, son Adam(Amy) and daughter Shelby. Bumpi had the ability to find minerals, identify minerals, build equipment to study minerals and take wonderful microphotographs. His ability to communicate was unrivaled, he was a good teacher and gave informative and enjoyable presentations on microminerals, fossils, clay mineralogy, and many other topics. He knew more about the syenite deposits of Arkansas than anyone. Our mineral world has lost a giant in more ways than one.
Robert Stevens