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Submitted: 10/21/21 • Approved: 10/21/21 • Last Updated: 10/24/21 • R464418-G464418-S3
Ben G.
May 27, 1895-September 25, 1958
Myrtle B.
May 28, 1898-December 25, 1975
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Ben G.
Last Rites Read For Ben Barker
Services for Ben G. Barker were conducted September 27, at 2:00 p.m at the First Baptist Church in Wheeler with the pastor, Rev. Frank J. Ross in charge, assisted by Rev. Carlton Thomson.
Mr. Barker was born in Ranger, Texas May 27, 1895. He was a former Wheeler resident and lived at Mobeetie from 1928 until 1934. He was a resident of Dallas for the past 11 years, moving there from Pheonix [sic], Arizona.
November 29, 1916 he was married to Myrtle Oswalt at Wellington, Texas. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Mobeetie and the Baptist Church at Wellington. Mr. Barker was engaged in farming most of his active life but he had been in ill health the past 4 years and seriously ill since August 1, 1958.
Mr. Barker was moved from his home at Dallas and placed in the Wheeler Hospital September 19, where he passed away Thursday evening, September 25, at the age of 63 years 3 months and 28 days.
Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Myrtle Barker of Dallas; 1 son, Audie to Tucson, Arizona, and 1 daughter, Mrs. Berdania Keyes of Dallas.
Surviving also are 6 grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. Florence Dodd of Wheeler, Mrs. Maye Francis of Gageby, and Mrs. Iva Vise of Wheeler; and 3 brothers, Tom of Palm Desert, Calif., J.D. o Canyon and Claude of Gageby. His parents and 1 brother proceeded him in death.
Pall bearers were Melvin Johnson, Aubrey Greenhouse, Clarence Dyson, Ed Johnson, Jess Godwin and Henry Flanagan.
Interment with graveside Masonic rites by Mobeetie Lodge, was in the Wheeler Cemetery under direction of Kirk Funeral Home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 35 - Number 43, Wheeler, Texas, October 2, 1958, Page 1)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Ben Gray Barker
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 27 May 1895
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Wellington
Residence Place: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Benjamin Gray Barker
Death Date: 25 Sep 1958
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 53682
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Benjamin Gray Barker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 63
Birth Date: 27 May 1895
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Death Date: 25 Sep 1958
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Charles Barker
Mother: Annie Shahan
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Ben Gray Barker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 27 May 1895
Birth Place: Eastland Eas, Texas
Father: Charlie G Barker
Mother: Sera A Shahan
Disability Status: Disability denied - no record of type.
Notes: 1943: Name listed as BEN GRAY BARKER
Contributed on 10/21/21
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