Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameDr. Curtis Dean BARKER 
631,670, Papers gave to Terry Whitesell from Danelle Somers in 2022,3, Currie Dean Barker,404, Dean Barker-1929 – Deceased • G9XL-PMR
631,670, Papers gave to Terry Whitesell from Danelle Somers in 2022,3, Currie Dean Barker,404, Dean Barker-1929 – Deceased • G9XL-PMRBirthSep 1, 1929, Alamance County, North Carolina631,3, Currie Dean Barker
DeathJul 21, 20223, Currie Dean Barker
FatherPaul Gilliam BARKER (1908-1954)
MotherMyrtle Louise WAGONER (1910-1962)
Obituary Online notes for Dr. Curtis Dean BARKER
7/24/2022
Currie Dean Barker
OAK ISLAND - Dr. Currie Dean Barker, 92, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022. Dean was born September 1, 1929 in Alamance County to the late Paul Gilliam Barker andMyrtleWagoner Barker. Dean graduated from Elon College and the Southern College of Optometry and practiced optometry over 35 years in Graham, Southport/ Oak Island and High Point. He was a member of Ocean View UnitedMethodist Church where he once served on the Board of Trustees and participated on disaster teams and various church committees. A man with a servant’s heart, he also served in various organizations including the Graham Jaycees, Oak Island Lions Club and Habitat forHumanity. He was an avid fisherman and private pilot.
In addition to his parents, Dean was preceded in death by his sister, Nancy Barker Hall, and brothers, Thomas Wayne Barker and Charles Ervin Barker, and his daughter, Sandra Barker Reutzel. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, DorothyWarren Barker; daughter Diane Barker Tripp (Roger) of Lexington, NC; daughterValorie BarkerHallenbeck of Cary, NC; sister Doris Barker Roscoe of Sanford, NC; granddaughters Lauren Ashley Whitley (Matthew) of Durham, NC and Kathryn Reutzel Smith (Ken) of Raleigh, NC; grandson Christopher Dean Reutzel (Candice) of Angier, NC; and 5 great-grandchildren.
A private service for family and close friends will be held at 2pm on Saturday, July 30 at Ocean View United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ocean View UnitedMethodist Church and Life-Care’s SECU Hospice House of Brunswick (955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, NC). A heartfelt thanks to the medical staffs atNHRMHand DosherMemorial for the dedicated care he received. 3, Currie Dean Barker
Currie Dean Barker
OAK ISLAND - Dr. Currie Dean Barker, 92, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022. Dean was born September 1, 1929 in Alamance County to the late Paul Gilliam Barker andMyrtleWagoner Barker. Dean graduated from Elon College and the Southern College of Optometry and practiced optometry over 35 years in Graham, Southport/ Oak Island and High Point. He was a member of Ocean View UnitedMethodist Church where he once served on the Board of Trustees and participated on disaster teams and various church committees. A man with a servant’s heart, he also served in various organizations including the Graham Jaycees, Oak Island Lions Club and Habitat forHumanity. He was an avid fisherman and private pilot.
In addition to his parents, Dean was preceded in death by his sister, Nancy Barker Hall, and brothers, Thomas Wayne Barker and Charles Ervin Barker, and his daughter, Sandra Barker Reutzel. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, DorothyWarren Barker; daughter Diane Barker Tripp (Roger) of Lexington, NC; daughterValorie BarkerHallenbeck of Cary, NC; sister Doris Barker Roscoe of Sanford, NC; granddaughters Lauren Ashley Whitley (Matthew) of Durham, NC and Kathryn Reutzel Smith (Ken) of Raleigh, NC; grandson Christopher Dean Reutzel (Candice) of Angier, NC; and 5 great-grandchildren.
A private service for family and close friends will be held at 2pm on Saturday, July 30 at Ocean View United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ocean View UnitedMethodist Church and Life-Care’s SECU Hospice House of Brunswick (955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, NC). A heartfelt thanks to the medical staffs atNHRMHand DosherMemorial for the dedicated care he received. 3, Currie Dean Barker