Dougherty-Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Barker, Ione Ramsey . December 8, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Ione Ramsey Barker

ALBANY — Ione Ramsey Barker, 97, died Sunday, December 8, 2002, at the Heather 
Hill Nursing Home in New Port Richey, FL.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 2 P.M. at Crown 
Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate.

Born October 20, 1905, in Mitchell County, Mrs. Barker grew up in the 
Flint/Baconton area and graduated from Baconton High School in 1924. She taught 
school in Baconton before going to work with the Dougherty County Department of 
Family and Children's Service where she worked as a secretary/case worker for 
many years retiring at age 73. She was a long time member of Byne Memorial 
Baptist Church and lived in Albany for several years before moving to New Port 
Richey, FL, in 1993 with her daughter.

She was the daughter of Doc and Leona Hayes Ramsey, who were Mitchell County 
pioneers, as well as their parents whose lineage goes back many generations in 
Mitchell Co. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Early Barker and 
two sons, George R. Barker and Raymond C. Barker Sr. Her greatest joy was her 
family and friends in both Albany and in New Port Richey, especially her 
extended family at Heather Hill Nursing Home.

Survivors include her daughter, Earlone Barker Persall and her husband Les of 
New Port Richey, FL; two daughters-in-law, Cheri King Barker of Baconton and 
Eleanor M. Barker of Bogalusa, LA; eight grandchildren, Cary Barker of Albany, 
the Rev. Jeff Barker and his wife Vickie of Baconton, Steve Persall and his 
wife Dianne of Clearwater, FL, Karen Bush and her husband Alban of Pine Bluff, 
AR, Brenda Livley and her husband Brad of Bogalusa, LA, Terri Graham of 
Houston, TX, Eleanor Lomzenski and her husband Jon of Bogalusa, LA, Cheryl B. 
Persall of New Port Richey, FL; and ten great-grandchildren.

Those desiring may make memorials to Byne Memorial Baptist Church, 2832 Ledo 
Road, Albany, GA 31707.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at Kimbrell-Stern.

Kimbrell-Stern 

Funeral Directors 

Albany 229/883-4152 



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