TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for BARKLEY, FLOYD "DON"   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from June 10 to June 11, 2013

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BARKLEY, FLOYD "DON" 

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Floyd Donald "Don" Barkley, 77, of Corinth, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 9, 
2013. He was born on June 6, 1936 in Lampasas, Texas, to Floyd C. Barkley and 
Effie Lou Kinsey Barkley.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time Thursday at First United 
Methodist Church in Cole Chapel, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. 
Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Don Lee officiating. 

Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Murphree Cemetery in Evant, Texas.

Don is survived by his wife, Dolores; daughter, Phyllis Barkley Briggs; son-in-
law, Terry Briggs; son, Douglas M.H. Barkley; daughter-in-law, Meredith Zacek 
Barkley; grandchildren, Rachel Briggs, Stephen Briggs, Joseph Briggs, Camille 
Barkley and Blythe Barkley; and brother, William Douglas Barkley.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and infant brother, Charles Edwin 
Barkley.

He married Dolores Herrington in New Iberia, October 5, 1963. He was a graduate 
of petroleum engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. He was an 
Eagle Scout, a U.S. Army veteran and a 40-year petroleum executive. After 40 
years as a resident of south Louisiana, he retired back to Texas. He was an 
avid golfer, hunter and domino player. He was a member of the First United 
Methodist Church in Denton, Texas.

Bill DeBerry Funeral Home in Denton, Texas, is in charge of arrangements.

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