Obit of Barker, Bessie Marie Weldon - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 14 Dec 2008 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Erick Cemetery--Erick OK Surnames: Barker, Wallace, Weldon, Golson, Gipson, Welch, Coop Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7887 Bessie marie Barker was born August 12, 1933 in Wheeler County, Texas to Gertrude Wallace and Newton Albert Weldon. She passed away November 19, 2006 at Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years, 3 months and 7 days. Bessie grew up in the Shamrock and McLean, Texas area and attended school in both towns. She was married to Rayford Thurmond Barker at Tucumcari, New Mexico on December 20, 1950. After their marriage they lived in Fluvanna, Texas and Erick, Oklahoma for a short time before moving to the Meridian community in 1952 where they farmed and owned their own dairy. In 1996 they moved to Sayre to make their home. Bessie enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and any craft. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 2 infant sons, Allan Dale and Mark Thurmond Barker, 4 brothers, Alfred Weldon, G.W. Weldon, Wesley Weldon and Orval Weldon and 1 sister, Mary Belle Golson. Services will be held Friday, November 24, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Rose Chapel officiated by Gary Baird. Burial will be at Erick Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. She is survived by one son, Phil Barker and wife, Regina, of Newston, KS; 1 daughter, Debbie Gipson and husband, Tom of Midland, TX; 4 grandchildren, Angela Welch, of Ft. Worth, TX, John Gipson, of Austin, TX, James Gipson, of Midland, TX, Clint Barker, of Oklahoma City, OK; 1 brother, N.A. Weldon, of Amarillo, TX; 1 sister-in-law, Ola Mae Coop, of Erick, Oklahoma; 1 brother-in-law, Elvis Barker and wife, Joy, of Demmitt, TX as well as a host of other nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 23-Nov-2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html