Southampton-Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barker, Dora A. Smithson, 1940 

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DORA SMITHSON BARKER

   Mrs. Dora Smithson Barker, aged 78, widow of Frederick G. Barker, 
died Sunday night at the home of her son, T.D. Barker, in Columbia, S.C., 
following a brief illness.

   Mrs. Barker was a resident of Courtland for 25 years.  She was a 
consistent member of the Methodist Church, loyal to its organizations and 
to the W.C.T.U., a woman of high integrity, unassuming in the place she 
filled in the life of wife, mother and friend.

   She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. B.W. Eley of Zuni; two sons, T.D. 
Barker of Columbia, S.C., and F.N. Barker of Courtland; one sister, Mrs. 
C.P. Robinson of Columbia, S.C.; four grandchildren; one niece, Mrs. Ella 
S. Wilbur, and one nephew, Willie Smithson of Norfolk.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 from the home 
of her son, F.N. Barker, by her pastor, Rev. W.W. Beasley, assisted by Rev. 
Gordon L. Price of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Rev. George Kissinger of Ivor. 
The hymns, "Abide With Me" and "Asleep In Jesus" were sung by the Methodist 
choir and a solo, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," was sung by Mrs. C.W. 
Parker during the services.  Interment was made in Riverside Cemetery with 
T.B. Bell, Spratley Rollings, J.N. Barker, Herman Rollings, Thomas Barker 
and Dudley Rollings as active pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearers were 
stewards of the Methodist Church and friends of the family.  A pall of 
lilies, white rosebuds and lavender tulips and numerous floral designs 
covered the grave.


Dora Adeline (SMITHSON; Mrs. Frederick G.) BARKER, 25-year Courtland resident, 
Mecklenburg Co. native, d. 18 Feb 1940, at son's home, Columbia, SC, age 78, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 18*), Courtland, 20 Feb 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 23, 1940, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her husband's obit ("The Tidewater News," June 30, 1933) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b626f1ob.txt 


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