Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barker, Edward A., 1988 

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Edward Alton Barker

  WAKEFIELD - Edward Alton Barker, 75, died Sunday, Jan. 10 in Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. 

  Barker, a native of Bristol, a longtime resident of Wakefield and former 
owner and operator of the Midway Cafe, Wakefield and had owned and operated 
the Wakefield Inn Restaurant and Motel since 1971 to the present.  He was a 
member of Wakefield Lodge #198, A.F. and A., Treasurer of Homeville Hunt Club, 
and a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II.

  Survivors include, wife, Jean C. Barker; one stepson, Greg A. Downey of 
Waverly: two stepgrandsons, Gregory Allen Downey, Jr. and Christopher Stuart 
Downey, both of Waverly, and two nephews. 

  Funeral services were held at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield.  Burial was 
at Tyler Mountian Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, West Va. with the Rev. E. Lee 
Chattin officiating. 

  Purviance Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.


Edward Alton BARKER, restauranteur, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 4 Jun 1912, Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN*, d. 10 Jan 1988, Suffolk, 
interred in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, Kanawha Co., WV, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 69, No. 3, Jan. 20, 1988, p. 5, col. 1-2 

Birthdate &c. from WW-II draft card. 

D.Cert. 88-001151 gives b. VA, sn/o Alton Crumbly & Elizabeth (BOWERS) BARKER. 

His father, Alton Crumley BARKER (19 Jul 1885 - 19 Oct 1936) was buried in 
   Bristol. 

His paternal grandparents, Daniel S. & Rhoda (GOBBLE) BARKER, are buried in 
   Mendota Cemetery, Mendota, Washington Co., VA. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #62385791 &c.) 


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