Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Barker, William Pickney January 17, 1937
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The Robesonian, Januar 18, 1937
The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC
Monday, January 18, 1937

RITES FROM HOME HERE THIS P.M. FOR W.P. BARKER – PROMINENT CITIZEN, ONE OF
TOWN’S OLDEST RESIDENTS, DIES OF PNEUMONIA 

W.P. Barker, one of Lumberton’s oldest residents, substantial business man and
farmer and useful citizen, died at his home in Lumberton Sunday at 4:45 a.m.
from an attack of pneumonia, with which he was stricken Thursday night. He had
been in poor health since November. 

Funeral services will be conducted from the home at 3:30 p.m. today by Dr. C.H.
Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, of which he was a
member, assisted by Revs. W. J. Jones and G.N. Phillips of Salemburg and J.E.
Blalock of Fairmont, and interment will be made in Meadowbrook  cemetery.
  
William Pink Barker was born on the Lumberton-Maxton road on Lumber river in
Back Swamp township on July 12, 1853, a son of Wm. and Katie Musselwhite Barker.
He was first married to Miss Susan Nance, daughter of Joshua and Nancy Nance of
Back Swamp, who died June 30, 1878. From this union one son, C.M. Barker of
Lumberton, survives, another son, William Hartwell, dying when 2 years old. On
January 12, 1879, he married Miss Mary Atwood Warwick, daughter of John and Emma
Warwick of Wisharts township. She lived until July 2, 1918. From this union 4
children survive – Senator J. Abner of Roseboro, A. Nash of Dallas, Texas, Mrs.
S.E. Ballentine of Rocky Mount, Miss Bertha Barker of Lumberton. His third
marriage on March 11, 1921, was to Mrs. D.B. Lewis of the Barnesville community,
who survives. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. H.L. Broadwell of St. Pauls; a
half-brother, N.A. Townsend of the B.T. section.  
In the Back Swamp community, Mr. Barker began a life of usefulness which he
continued upon his removal to Lumberton in December, 1905. For 25 years he was
superintendent of the Back Swamp Sunday school, for many years a deacon of the
church. He served as member of the board of county commissioners. In Lumberton
he was a member of the advisory board of the First Baptist church, a director in
the First National bank and the National cotton mills, a member of the Masonic
lodge. He had considerable farming interests in Back Swamp and Maxton townships
in Robeson and also in Bladen county. Unassuming, he mingled with all classes,
had a wide acquaintance and a large number of friends. 

Pallbearers will be: active – LeRoy and Grady W. Townsend, Drs. D.D. King and
M.F. Townsend of Lumberton, Kelton Broadwell and Troy King of St. Pauls;
honorary – Mayor E.M. Johnson, Judge L.R. Varser, D.B. McNeill, R.C. Adams, E.A.
Thompson, Geo. L. Thompson, L.B. Barnes, F. M. Wilkerson, E.J. Britt, L. McK.
Parker, Geo. Lennon, L.E. Whaley, C.B. Townsend, W.K. Bethune, Frank McNeill,
J.P. Townsend, J.H. Powers, K.M. Barnes, S.F. Caldwell, W.S. and J.H. Wishart,
B.F. McMillan, R.H. Livermore, G.L. Canady, W.I. Linkhaw, A. Weinstein, C.B.
Redmond, Oliver Nance, Dr. E.L. Bowman, Ben G. Floyd, K.M. Biggs, Ira Bullard,
Spurgeon Small, A.F. Ward, Haynes Prevatt, Eli Wishart, A.P. Page, C.B. Skipper,
D.H. Fuller, Ben G. Pittman, C.H. Phillips, James Sanderson, W.O. Thompson, all
of Lumberton, W.C. Caison of Roseboro, Junius R. Butler of St. Pauls, B.F. Wade
of Barnesville, G.H. Floyd of Fairmont, John W. Ward of Rowland.

Flowerbearers will be Mesdames J.P. McNeill, F.K. Biggs, John Bradley, R.A.
McIntyre, Marie Carter, Grady Townsend, D.D. King, D.B. McNell, Misses Lina
Gough, Jerry Ludwick, Pauline Short, of Lumberton. Miss English Wade of
Barnesville, Misses Lucille, Marilyn and Amie Floyd of Fairmont. Music will
consist of a solo by Mrs. M.F. Townsend and selections by the Lumberton quartet
consisting of C.B. Skipper, J.T. McIntyre, Ambrose Lovett, G.A. Inman. 
 


Additional Comments:
Birth:  12 Jul 1853
Father:  William Pinkney "Pink" Barker
Mother:  Catherine Ann Musslewhite Townsend

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