Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barker, James N. Jr., 1998 

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JAMES NICHOLAS BARKER, JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - James Nicholas Barker, Jr., 58, a resident of Wakefield, died 
Sunday, April 5, 1998, at his home.

  He was in the Class of 1962, Virginia Military Institute; received his 
master’s degree in aerospace operations management from the University of 
Southern California in 1967; and was a 1974 graduate of Washington & Lee 
School of Law.  He served as captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to 1972. 
During active duty, he taught Air Force ROTC at VMI for three years.

  For the past 21 years, he was a respected trial attorney in the general 
practice of law in Waverly and was Wakefield town attorney for over 20 years. 
He served as president and member of the Sussex County Bar Association, and 
was a member of the Virginia State Bar Association and the 6th Judicial 
Circuit Bar Association.

  Active in a variety of community and church organizations through-out his 
life, he had served as senior warden, treasurer, and choir member at Christ 
Episcopal Church, Waverly.  He made Cursillo No. 27, Diocese of Southern 
Virginia, and was lay director for the Secretariat of Cursillo, Diocese of 
Southern Virginia.

  He was past president of the Wakefield Ruritan Club, chairman of the Sussex 
Democratic Committee for over 20 years, and past chairman of District 19 
Community Service Board.  He was on the board of directors of the Jackson 
Field Home and Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad.  Jim was a lifelong New York 
Yankees fan and a baseball trivia expert and enjoyed singing as a member of 
the Dominion Singers and other choral groups.

  Survivors include his wife, Peggy Coddington Barker; son, Todd Nicholas 
Barker of Los Angeles, Calif.; two daughters, Lisa Counts Barker of Los 
Angeles, Calif., and Karen Burch Barker of Richmond; his mother, Louise Burch 
Barker of Wakefield; a sister, Carolyn Barker Gedris of Layton, Utah; and two 
nieces and two nephews.  His father was the late James Nicholas Barker, Sr.
 
  A funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 8, at 2 p.m. at Wakefield 
United Methodist Church by the Rev. Macon Walton.  Burial will be in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening at Purviance 
Funeral Home in Wakefield from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

  Memorial donations may be made to Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad or to 
Christ Episcopal Church, Waverly, Va. 23890.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is handling arrangements.


James Nicholas BARKER, Jr., Wakefield town attorney, Air Force veteran, 
b. 6 Dec 1939, d. 5 Apr 1998, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 8 Apr 1998, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 7, 1998, p. 20 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #127932689 

His parents & paternal grandfather are also buried there. 

His mother's obits ("Daily Press" & "Richmond Times-Dispatch," 
   Mar. 18, 2001) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b626l1ob.txt 


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