Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barker, Frederick N. Sr., 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ FREDERICK N. BARKER, SR. Frederick N. Barker, Sr., 54, prominent businessman and resident of Courtland, died late Monday night, August 25, on arrival at Raiford Memorial Hospital, his death resulting from a heart attack. The deceased was the son of the late Frederick G. and Dora Smithson Barker of Southampton County. He was a member of the Courtland Methodist Church, in which he served faithfully for many years, of Courtland Lodge No. 85, A. F. & A. M., and of Khedive Shrine Lodge, Norfolk. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susie Parker Barker of Courtland; a daughter, Mrs. Erskine Fraser of Richmond; a son, Fred N. Barker Jr., of Courtland; a sister, Mrs. B.W. Eley of Zuni; and two nieces, Mrs. Kenneth Chubb of Hickory, N.C., and Miss Nancy Hall Barker of Richmond. Funeral services were held from the residence on Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Otis L. Gilliam, pastor of the deceased, officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland. Active pallbearers were Lewis Bailey, T.B. Bell, Roy Edwards, Otis Joyner, C.B. Owen, W.H. Parker, T.C. Tyler and Emmett Vaughan. Frederick Nicholson BARKER, Sr., Courtland businessman, Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Aug 1952, Franklin, age 54, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 18*), Courtland, 27 Aug 1952, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 29, 1952, p. 14 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His father's obit ("The Tidewater News," June 30, 1933) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b626f1ob.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 23, 1940, p. 7) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b626d1ob.txt His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 17, 1983, p. 9A) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b626s1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b626f2ob.txt