- Date Of Birth: June 18, 1942
- Date Of Death: July 6, 2022
- State: North Carolina
Dr. Roger William Barker, 80, of Statesville, NC, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the Gordon Hospice House, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
On February 11, 1968, Dr. Barker married Constance Triplette of Elkin, NC, to whom he was happily married for 54 years. He loved his children and grandchildren dearly and was very fond of the many patients he cared for during his 31 years of private practice, especially the children whom he often watched grow into adulthood.
When Dr. Barker retired from the practice of medicine in 2004, he pursued his interests in fly fishing and gardening, and always enjoyed running into his former patients.
In addition to his parents, Dr. Barker was predeceased by his brother, Dr. James H. Barker, his sister-in-law, Anne Herrington Barker, his baby sister, Nancy Jane Barker, as well as three special uncles, Edward, Oren, and Harold Barker, all of whom were physicians and surrogate fathers to Dr. Barker after the untimely death of his own father in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, Constance, as well as his daughter, Mary Barker Henson of Raleigh, NC, by his son, Roger Barker, Jr. of Pasadena, CA, his grandchildren, Maxwell Gainey, of Raleigh, and Margaret Henson, of Vancouver, WA. Dr. Barker is further survived by a sister, Ruth Ann Barker Smith, and her husband Jerry, of Jackson, TN, as well as by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Dr. Barker’s remains will be cremated, and his ashes buried in the Barker family plot in his hometown of Trenton, TN.
