Mr. Harry “Gould” Barrett III, 97, passed peacefully on Sunday, November 9, 2025 in the comfort of his home. Gould was born in Augusta, Georgia on August 4, 1928, to Mr. Harry Gould Barrett, Jr., and Cornelia White Barrett. He was a graduate of The Stony Brook School, C’ 1946, Long Island, NY, and of Davidson College, C’ 1951, where he joined the photographic society, worked on the Quips and Cranks Yearbook and the Davidsonian Newspaper, was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and ultimately earned his BS in Economics.
Mr. Barrett served his country proudly with the United States Air Force, where he flew the F-86 Sabrejet – the first swept-wing fighter jet used by the USAF. He flew multiple aircraft in the Air Force, including the B-25. He was also an instructor pilot for the USAF. He was then an early developer of Holiday Inn motels and hotels in Augusta, GA and Jacksonville, FL and developed multiple apartment and condominium properties in Augusta and in Florida.
He is survived by his wife, Betsy Rollo Barrett, of North Augusta, SC, and their children, Mason Rollo Barrett (Mary), Kate Barrett Mayes as well as their five grandchildren – Barrett and Matt Mayes, and Linda, Jude and Aiden Barrett.
He is also survived by his sons from his first marriage (to the former Patricia Strong), Harry Gould Barrett IV, Robert Strong Barrett, Kirk Patrick Barrett, and John Carter Barrett (Jamie), a daughter, Cornelia Barrett LaRussa (Joe), eight more grandchildren – Robert, Mia, Yvette, Barrett (Adriano), Olivia (Myles), Anna, Eleanor and Cornelia, as well as one great-grandson.
He was predeceased by his parents, Cornelia and Gould Barrett, and his brother, William White Barrett, but is survived, happily, by his sister, Nina Barrett Inman, his brother-in-law, George Inman, and his sister-in-law, Jane Barrett, as well as many nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.
A memorial service was held on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA, where he now rests with the Tobin and Barrett families.