Amanda Barker

Amanda Thompson Barker was born at Ripley, Miss., on August 21, 1869; died at Beulah, New Mexico, on May 31, 1923.

She was married to Elder S. L. Barker on December 30, 1909, at Corinth, Miss., and immediately returned with her husband to his home in New Mexico.

She was baptized in her youth by J. P. Lowrey, at Hickory Flat, and lived a devoted life until death. She loved her home and family in the West, and the many friends there, as well as at Corinth, her home at the time of her marriage.

The remains were accompanied by her husband and daughter to Ripley, where they were laid to rest by the side of her father and mother, to await the resurrection of the just.

Three brothers and two sisters mourn her loss. S. L. Barker. Gospel Advocate, Nov. 8, 1923, 1094.

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