Biography: Lynda Barr Langford, attorney, former teacher and education activist died on March 9, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents Fredrick Elgin Barr and Lois Watkins Barr; brother, Lt. Cmdr. John Frederick Barr, a Navy pilot shot down during the Vietnam conflict, brother J. Kenton Barr, sisters Helen Janette Rhoderick and Kathie B. Henderson.
 
Lynda is survived by her son Lloyd Love "Trey" Langford, III of Little Rock, AR, her adopted family Beatrice and Peter Robinson and beloved goddaughter Bernadette, siblings Jesse W. Barr (Jane) Winslow, AR, Judith B. Rosenthal of Hot Springs Village AR and Nita B. Turner (Leslie)of Lexa, AR, nieces and nephews and many friends.
 
Lynda was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Little Rock where through the years she served as one of the teachers of the Koinonia Class, a Pre-school class and the Tele-Links Class. She also served on the Board of Stewards, was a volunteer driver for L.I.F.T. (Laity Involved in Free Transportation), was active in United Methodist Women and a member of the Board of Trustees.
 
Ms. Langford was born in Illinois and was educated in Illinois and Arkansas. She received a B.S.E. Degree from Arkansas State University where she graduated as a Student of Distinction. She taught in schools in Illinois and Arkansas, concluding her career as high school teacher at the Nettleton School District in Jonesboro, Arkansas. As a history teacher, she sponsored students who won local and state history competitions and who went on to the national competition. She was a past president of the Nettleton Education Association and past president of the Arkansas Council of Social Studies, the state organization for social studies teachers. In 1983, she was nominated by the Governor's office and the Department of Education to serve on the Education Standards Committee to rewrite the standards for public schools in Arkansas. This committee was chaired by then Arkansas First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Lynda presided over public hearings in the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas as part of her work on the Education Standards Committee.
 
In 1984 Ms. Langford entered the night program of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. During her four years in law school, she also served as the Education Coordinator at the Arkansas Territorial Restoration, now the Historic Arkansas Museum. The first living history presentations occurred while she was the coordinator, and the first Pioneer Day Camp was held at the Plum Bayou Log House. While at the Territorial Restoration, Ms. Langford served on the Arkansas Sesquicentennial Committee which provided direction and activities for the 150 birthday honoring Arkansas' admission to the Union in 1836.
 
In 1989, Lynda graduated from law school and passed the Arkansas bar exam. She was an attorney in private practice for four years. In 1993 she went to work for the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission, serving as Deputy Administrator of the Self-Insurer Division for five years and then as Legal Adviser until she retired from state government in January 2002.
 
Following retirement, Lynda studied art and French at UALR which she used in traveling to France twice. She served as President of the Board of Directors of Quapaw Tower Owners' Association, went on Mission trips with Pulaski Baptist Association, learned to ski, and volunteered at Historic Arkansas Museum and the Arkansas Arts Center as well as the Child Development Center at First United Methodist Church.
 
There will be a Memorial Service and Interment at First United Methodist Church on April 4th, at 10:30 am.