Hall of Fame
Barron is a 1999 graduate of West Jones High School where he graduated fifth in his class.
While at West Jones, he was a letterman in three sports – basketball, baseball and football. He was a member of numerous academic clubs, earning All-District honors in football and was voted "Most Athletic" his senior year. He helped lead his team to the playoffs twice in football, twice in baseball and once in basketball during his career.
Barron signed to play football at Jones County Junior College under Coach Parker Dykes.
While at Jones, he absorbed a knee injury which caused him to miss his freshman year of football. In the spring of 2000, he would pitch for the Jones baseball team.
He would later play two additional years on the football team as an offensive tackle helping lead the Bobcats to the MACJC championship in 2001. He also participated in the MACJC North-South All-Star game in 2001. He received the Bobcat Award for football after the 2001 season.
Upon leaving Jones, he went to Delta State University to continue his football career. During his senior season at Delta State, he helped lead the team to a 9-2 record as well as earning All-American honors.
At this time, he applied and was accepted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to attend medical school. He graduated medical school in 2008 and was accepted for an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Kentucky. During his time in residency he earned "Resident of the Year" honors.
He graduated from orthopedic residency in 2013 and then went on to complete a spine surgery fellowship at the University of Missouri in 2014. Upon completion of his training he returned to Mississippi where he started a practice in orthopedic/spinal surgery in Brookhaven.
He is now a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in his seventh year of practice.
Helping him along the way are his parents, Fred and Neita Barron, his fiancé Laura Ashley Logan, sister Terri Furr, and brother Christopher Barron.
