Richland-Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Barker, Robert  April 12, 1945 - March 1, 2004
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Valencia Allen treasurejunktrunk@yahoo.com June 1, 2011, 5:13 pm

Source: Relatives
Author: Valencia Allen

Robert Barker was born in Rayville, La to parents of Rubbin Barker and Sarah
(Sabrie was her birth name)was the six child and was part of the 3rd marriage 
and 3rd set of children. My father could not read or write very well, however 
his occupation became Mechanic, he could fix cars. Everyone would like to 
think there parent did it well. Everyone who just about came in contact with 
Robert loved his charisma, very giving. Didn't have much fortune with women he 
just kept picking the wrong one, after Linda E Allen they were thirteen when 
they met, and mom had left home herself.  They didn't have me till 68'. Would 
see my dad occasionally and not more until 92' when he was shot and left to 
die on the side of the road from helping someone with their car in the rain. 
Later he would he called. Correction the hospital called my he had my number 
on him for some years. I made arrangement for him to go back to Louisiana to 
be with his mother whom I never met. After he got out of the hospital he 
boarded that greyhound and came back to Louisiana.  It would be 97' before I 
would meet up with Robert again, I met relatives and my grandmother, some 
aunts and cousins, it was exciting times yet hard. Louisiana was basically a 
poor state, and people stayed on their jobs almost till they retired. So you 
could find work, however you could barely made it.  My Robert had been 
involved in drugs for sometime and neglected his health, he was in his fifties 
when he was diagnosed with Diabetes which he didn't take care of, it would 
eventually take his life at age 52.
Robert was a good 6'2" chocolate brown, like most of his brothers who were 
6'feet or better.
GMama Sarah carried the Diabetes gene she didn't get it, however she passed it 
on to almost every other child.
Robert had 7 other siblings. I remember one incident where my Aunt tried to 
run over my child with her car she was 5yrs old, and I was going to woop my 
70+ Aunt and my father caught me and said to me. She is not worth loosing your 
religion over!

Additional Comments:
Sabrie(Sarah)parents were-Florena Wade and Harry Rogers - Florena Parents were 
Hampton Wade and Amanda. Harry Parents were Dorcas Rogers and slave owner 
Joseph S or JS SJ Rogers. 
Rubbin parents were Ruben Barker and Elvyra Turner Giles
Ruben Barker parents were Jack and Jane Barker both being born in slavery that 
is were this story stops because, I don't know where to go, census records 
shows Richland Alto Louisiana. If anybody has anymore info send to. 
treasurejunktrunk@yahoo.com

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