The coroner later said Carol was in her home office and the cause of death appeared to be a heart condition called mitral valve prolapse (MVP). I don’t blame the kids, they weren’t born racist, they have heard it from their parents. Carol was buried Monday after a memorial service earlier that day — 12 years and one day after she and Rep. Barr married, according to The Lexington Herald-Leader. Jane Andy (Hall) Russell was born Feb. 19, 1926 to William C. Hall and Clementine Waltman Hall in Montgomery, and died on Sept. 14, 2020 at the Heritage Springs community in Muncy.

Receive email updates when there are changes to this story. Dan Bayens, 40, has known Carol since they went to college together. "She loved Andy," Russell tells PEOPLE. Contact claudia.tanner@inews.co.uk. You will receive email notifications when changes are made to the online memorial, including when family and friends post to the Guestbook. “Dylan and Devon are old enough to understand what’s been going on. A Home Office spokesperson said: “All UK visa applications are considered on their individual merits, on the basis of the evidence available and in line with UK immigration rules.”, Do you have a real life story? ", “Have you heard of people talking about a floppy valve in the heart that doesn’t seal well and it allows blood to seep through?” Ginn explains. Later that year visa rules were introduced, saying British citizens must show they earn at least £18,600 per year to sponsor their non-European spouse’s visa. That was our plan.”, Carol's friend Russell says the funeral service, which she watched remotely, "was absolutely beautiful and so stirring with emotion.". © 2020 Associated Newspapers Limited. Credit:

“A huge thank you to the i and the publicity it’s given the case, it was absolutely fundamental in getting the Home Office to look at the case again.”. She was a tremendous support to him in every way.”. "She was so proud of him and his work. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty, Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr (right) next to his wife, Carol, and their daughters Eleanor and Mary Clay in 2018, | To download this photo, the file name must have less than 255 characters. ... Everyone feels a tremendous sense of loss. Timothy D Easley/AP/Shutterstock. “Still, I think we’re going to get counselling because the stress of the whole process year after year has really taken a toll emotionally.”, The Conservatives seem hellbent on creating a hostile environment for anyone not from the UK. But he insisted he provided proof of his income exceeding the threshold by £6,000, and that several of his payslips have gone missing. “I really, really miss her. Carol's death “breaks your heart, it really does. So you’re not too old,’ ” Russell, 65, tells PEOPLE.

Andy says visa application fees have so far cost them £10,000. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, for people with MVP the heart's mitral valve has "floppy" flaps that may cause blood to "leak the wrong way. Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr (right), with wife Carol Barr, being congratulated by supporters after his 2012 election win. Raised in Georgetown, Kentucky, Carol went on to major in communications and information at the University of Kentucky and served on the advisory board for the College of Communication and Information. He remembers her being a popular member of the local chapter of the Tri Delta sorority. A place to share condolences and memories.

When Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn arrived at the Barrs' home around 6:55 p.m. last Tuesday, he told PEOPLE, “there was no explanation” for why Carol had suddenly died. Andy said: “The whole thing has been draining but it really is astonishingly good news.

| There is an estimated 15,000 UK children growing up in so-called ‘Skype families’, and there are fears Brexit will create even more. It meant Molly had to return to China to apply for the visa, while Andy searched for a job that met the income requirement. Congressman's Wife Who Died Suddenly. As for Carol's neighbor, Russell looks back at pictures taken of herself and her friend when they attended a charity fundraiser March 7. He also worked with her on her husband’s 2012 campaign ads. What message does all this tell a child? Russell was born in Southampton, England and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was 18 months old. “That’s that valve.”, “We are all just so deeply saddened,” says Russell, who was unaware of Carol's health issue. We have three very real children. I just started crying because it’s such a huge loss for us all. Only the owner of this obituary will be able to see this information. ", "It’s not easy to be the wife of a politician," Bayens says. Introducing ... PEOPLE's Products Worth the Hype, Congressman Speaks Out After Wife's Sudden Death at Home — 'Time of Tremendous Grief and Pain', Congressman Remembers Wife in Eulogy a Day After Their Wedding Anniversary — 'This Was Not the Plan'. Credit:

Their young boys had started to refer to Lili – or Molly as she goes by in the UK – as “computer mummy” as she could only watch them open their birthday and Christmas presents from thousands of miles away in China via Skype. Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription.

Jane Andy (Hall) Russell was born Feb. 19, 1926, to William C. Hall and Clementine (Waltman) Hall in Montgomery, Pa., and died on Sept. 14, 2020, at the Heritage Springs community in Muncy. “Obviously, an autopsy was necessary,” Ginn said last week. For the occasion the owner converted the place into an open-air party site with a taco truck and wood-fired pizzas.

Gossip Cop can debunk it. You entered your name, but no text. "She handled that part of it all with the same grace she handled everything".

I think the whole community does.”. “We missed out on precious moments together as a family,” he said. On June 13, Carol Russell heard someone calling her name and turned to see her friend and neighbor, 39-year-old Carol Barr, power walking toward her wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses.

‘We’ve got freedom to live and do what we want as a family without this dark cloud hanging over our heads’. Andrew James Russell / 羅素: Date of birth: Nov 21, 1987: Place of birth: Southampton : Age: 32: Height: 1,88 m: Citizenship: Hongkong England : Position: Defender - Centre-Back : Player agent: HK: Current … Three days later, Russell learned that Carol — the wife of Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr — had died in her Lexington home. "She handled that part of it all with the same grace she handled everything. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been going strong for decades, proving that Hollywood romances can last. British-born Andy Russell, his Chinese wife Lili Shao and their children were separated for a whole year after immigration rules were changed to bring in a minimum income requirement for spouses. And she thinks of their brief conversation the weekend before Carol died, with Carol smiling and enjoying the beautiful weather. ... She left us far too soon.”. That’s all we had to do in China. Having been granted spouse visa entry clearance in 2013, then further leave to remain in 2016, by the time she’d spent five years in the country, she was able to apply for indefinite leave to remain.

All who knew Carol.”, RELATED: Congressman Speaks Out After Wife's Sudden Death at Home — 'Time of Tremendous Grief and Pain'. February 19, 1926 -

Barr also asked Russell training for marathons — and Russell offered to loan Barr several books, if she wanted to start running.

It was the perfect day,” Hines says now. “Being away from school, being away from their friends,” Russell recalls, “it was difficult for them.”. Now, just over a week after i ran a story about the family’s plight, the authorities have made a u-turn and the Russells were shocked to receive a permit through the post that allows Molly to stay permanently. Dylan has experienced racist bullying from other children. Molly, a seamstress, is in work and the couple paid the £500 healthcare surcharge they’ve been required to pay. Together on this show that ran just five minutes between the evenings primary offerings, the pair performed renditions of current popular songs, backed by pianist Mort Lippman.

Text us for exclusive photos and videos, royal news, and way more. “The plan was to work hard, save the world, raise our kids right, sprint through the chaos,” he continued, “and then, when the time was right to finally reap the reward — catch our breath, at last, spend more time together and enjoy our lives traveling, laughing, loving together forever. Rep. Barr said in his eulogy that marrying Carol was his life's best decision, according to the Herald-Leader. Nothing says a family vacation like an RV, Princess Diana died when Harry was just 12 years old, It's looked — and felt — like a whole different world as we've been social distancing and attempting to keep each other safe, See All the Celebs Taking RV Trips This Summer, The Sweetest Photos of Princes Harry with Diana, From Empty Streets to Virtual Weddings: What Life Has Looked Like During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It’s amazing we can plan for the future now. ", RELATED: Congressman Remembers Wife in Eulogy a Day After Their Wedding Anniversary — 'This Was Not the Plan'. Andy, who runs his own education business, says he provided paperwork to prove he earned almost £25,000 from September 2017 to September 2018 but the Home Office acknowledged pay slips from just five months of the accountancy year.

Coyote Ugly Turns 20: Where Is the Cast Now? That was in 2012, and more recently –  with Molly allowed back in the UK temporarily – the family feared being separated once again after her leave to remain application was refused. Andy says his appeal to the authorities fell on deaf ears until he spoke to the press, and says there has been no explanation as to why their application has been granted. “We’ve got freedom to live and do what we want as a family without this dark cloud hanging over our heads. I know how much Andy loved her,” says Bayens, co-founder and creative director of Content Creative Media. He and his wife, Liz Staggs Wilson, hosted the party at a local coffee shop and roaster, where Andy buys his morning joe. He says their sons lost the ability to speak Chinese, which affected their bond with their mother.