Obit of Barker, Roy Chalmers "Hugh" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     9 Oct 2005
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Surnames: BARKER, WARD, GOTT, WOODWORTH, MOORELAND, SWANSON

from 2-7-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Roy C. Barker

Mr. Roy Chalmers "Hugh" Barker, 83, native area resident, died at 9:30 
a.m. on Wednesday in the Claremore Veterans Center, Claremore, Okla.

Funeral services for Mr. Barker will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday in the 
Memory Chapel of The Arnold Moore Funeral Residence. Mr. Roman Ward, Jr. 
will be the officiant. The James H. Teel American Legion Post #105 will 
accord him full military rites at the graveside. The funeral cortege will 
drive overland to the Tyner Cemetery where committal prayers and interment 
will be directed by The Arnold Moore Funeral Service.

Mr. Barker will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of The Arnold Moore 
Funeral Residence where friends may call for their visitation until the 
service hour on Monday afternoon.

Roy Chalmers Barker was born on September 11, 1919 in the rural Ramona, 
Okla. community. He was the son of the late Roy Thomas and Mamie Tabitha 
(Gott) Barker. He worked on the family farm during his youth and was 
reared and received his education in the Ramona community schools. He was 
graduated with the Senior Class of 1938 from the Ramona High School.

In 1941, Mr. Barker was enlisted in the United States Army during World 
War II. He served with the 45th Division in Germany as a Radio Operator. 
He was a Prisoner of War for 11 months and was awarded a Bronze Star and a 
Purple Heart. He received his honorable discharge on April 16, 1946 and 
returned to rural Washington Co. to continue his farming and ranching 
interests.

Mr. Barker was a member of the Ramona, Friends Church and the Disabled 
American Veterans.

Surviving are one brother, Billy Joe Barker, rural Ramona, Okla.; and 
several nieces and nephews including D. Tom Barker, Carl Woodworth, Kenny 
Woodworth, Rex Woodworth, Mary Jo Mooreland, all of Ramona, Okla. and 
Cathey Swanson, Bartlesville. He was preceded in death by his father; 
mother and a sister, Evalea Woodworth.

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Roy C. Barker

from 2-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Funeral services for Roy Chalmers "Hugh" Barker, 83, who passed away on 
Wednesday in Claremore, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Memory Chapel 
of The Arnold Moore Funeral Residence. Roman Ward, Jr. will be the 
officiant. Committal prayers and interment will be directed in the Tyner 
Cemetery by The Arnold Moore Funeral Service. The James H. Teel American 
Legion Post No. 105 will accord Mr. Barker full military rites at the 
grave side.

Barker will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of The Arnold Moore Funeral 
Residence where friends may call for their visitation until the service 
hour on Monday afternoon.

Surviving are one brother, Billy Joe Barker, rural Ramona, Okla.; and 
several nieces and nephews including D. Tom Barker, Carl Woodworth, Kenny 
Woodworth, Rex Woodworth, Mary Jo Mooreland, all of Ramona and Cathey 
Swanson, Bartlesville.
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