Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
DeathJul 19, 2019, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Frances Turner “Polly” Barker
BurialStony Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Frances Turner “Polly” Barker
FatherWalter Thomas TURNER (1900-1996)
MotherLorena WELLONS (1895-1983)
Spouses
BirthJan 22, 1929, Rockingham County, North Carolina143, Gilmer Pinkney Barker obituary,470
DeathJul 27, 1987, Alamance County, North Carolina143, Gilmer Pinkney Barker obituary
BurialStony Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina143, Gilmer Pinkney Barker obituary
ReligionMember Of Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church143, Gilmer Pinkney Barker obituary
MotherElla MARTIN (1896-1991)
MarriageDec 19, 1953, Alamance County, North Carolina404, North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8SK-JJJ : accessed 04 May 2014), Gilmer Barker and Frances Pauline Turner, ,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SK-JJJ : 22 December 2016), Gilmer Barker and Frances Pauline Turner, 19 Dec 1953; citing Burlington, NC
Obituary Online notes for “Polly” Frances TURNER
7/22/2019

Frances Turner “Polly” Barker

BURLINGTON - Frances Turner “Polly” Barker, 86, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019 at the Hospice Home. She was born in Alamance County to the late Walter Thomas Turner and Lorena Wellons Turner and was married to the late Gilmer P. Barker. Polly was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, the EverReady Sunday school class and Share and Care. She loved gardening, sewing, coloring, hummingbirds and spending time with her family. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She is survived by her daughter, Gail B. Kidd (Mike); son, Steve L. Barker; grandchildren, Lauren Foster (Matt), Jennifer deVries (Alex) and great grandchildren, Lilly Foster, Abigail and Carter deVries.

The funeral will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Todd Felkel with interment to follow in Stony Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:45-10:45 prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at the residence.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215.
You may sign the online register book at
www.lowefuneralhome.com
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