BARKER, Elmer - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Elmer Barker, 75, d. at 1 a.m. Wed at St. Eliz. Hospital, Danville, Ill. He had been hsopitalized 8 days. He was born May 7, 1883, son of Isaac & Mary Shoaf Barker. He was marr. July 27, 1908 to Leona Hicks. Mr. Barker farmed near Veedersburg and was formerly of Kingman. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Church and I.O.O.F. Lodge #339 and Rebekah Lodge in Kingman. Survivors include the widow, a brother Guy, a sister, Mrs. Claude Tunin of Cates. He was preceded in death by a brother. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday at the Woodrow Funeral home in Kingman with the Rev. Dubois officiating., assisted by Rev. Dale Wilson Burial was in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery.