Dougherty-Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Barker, Ione Ramsey December 8, 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Yeager annmarkvii@yahoo.com and Freddy Page December 10, 2007, 9:55 am The Albany Herald - Obituaries Ione Ramsey Barker ALBANY — Ione Ramsey Barker, 97, died Sunday, December 8, 2002, at the Heather Hill Nursing Home in New Port Richey, FL. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 2 P.M. at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate. Born October 20, 1905, in Mitchell County, Mrs. Barker grew up in the Flint/Baconton area and graduated from Baconton High School in 1924. She taught school in Baconton before going to work with the Dougherty County Department of Family and Children's Service where she worked as a secretary/case worker for many years retiring at age 73. She was a long time member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church and lived in Albany for several years before moving to New Port Richey, FL, in 1993 with her daughter. She was the daughter of Doc and Leona Hayes Ramsey, who were Mitchell County pioneers, as well as their parents whose lineage goes back many generations in Mitchell Co. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Early Barker and two sons, George R. Barker and Raymond C. Barker Sr. Her greatest joy was her family and friends in both Albany and in New Port Richey, especially her extended family at Heather Hill Nursing Home. Survivors include her daughter, Earlone Barker Persall and her husband Les of New Port Richey, FL; two daughters-in-law, Cheri King Barker of Baconton and Eleanor M. Barker of Bogalusa, LA; eight grandchildren, Cary Barker of Albany, the Rev. Jeff Barker and his wife Vickie of Baconton, Steve Persall and his wife Dianne of Clearwater, FL, Karen Bush and her husband Alban of Pine Bluff, AR, Brenda Livley and her husband Brad of Bogalusa, LA, Terri Graham of Houston, TX, Eleanor Lomzenski and her husband Jon of Bogalusa, LA, Cheryl B. Persall of New Port Richey, FL; and ten great-grandchildren. Those desiring may make memorials to Byne Memorial Baptist Church, 2832 Ledo Road, Albany, GA 31707. The family will receive friends Wednesday, 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at Kimbrell-Stern. Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors Albany 229/883-4152 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dougherty/obits/b/barker10882ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb