TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  BARKER, SAMANTHA ELIZABETH  
 
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Oct. 8 to Oct. 9, 2015 

Died: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015

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BARKER, SAMANTHA ELIZABETH  

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Samantha Elizabeth Barker passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at St. Jude 
Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. 

Samantha was born Aug. 27, 1992 in Baton Rouge. 

She is a 2011 graduate of Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville. 
While a student at ACHS, she was a member of the Sunshine Girls Dance team for 
four years. 

Upon graduation Samantha attended Southeastern University in Hammond where she 
was an art history major. 
While in college, Sam was an active member of Kappa Tau chapter of Alpha 
Omicron Pi National Fraternity and was selected Outstanding Pledge in her 
freshman year. Sam was chosen to serve on the Southeastern University 
Orientation and Recruiting Team and also served as a Gamma Chi counselor for 
Greek recruiting 

She is survived by her father, Samuel P. Barker of Geismar, her brother and 
sister in law, Scott Douglas Barker and Brittany Bienvenu Barker of Little 
Rock, Arkansas. She is also survived by her maternal grandmother Marie 
Thibodeaux Prejeant of Houma. Samantha is preceded in death by her mother Janet 
Prejeant Barker, her maternal grandfather Henry Lawrence Prejeant, of Gray and 
paternal grandparents Lee Nicholas Barker and Bertha Naquin Barker of 
Thibodaux. 

Visitation for will be held at St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church, 1022 South 
Burnside Ave, Gonzales on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. A 
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. celebrated by Rev. Eric Gyan 

followed by interment at Oak Lane Memorial Park Cemetery in Prairieville. 

Pallbearers for Samantha will be her brother Scott Barker and cousins William 
Abel, Bryce Chaisson, William "Billy" Barker, William Wintz, and Chad Braud. In 
lieu of flowers the family kindly request donations to St. Jude's Children's 
Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN. Ourso Funeral Home in Gonzales ii 
charge of arrangements. 

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