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Susan Barker Obituary
She is survived by her only child, Brandy Cleveland and her husband Jacob of Sutherland; three grandchildren, Angelina, Kade and Conner; her parents, Arthur Samuel Barker of Quinton and Christine Carol Barker of Chester; four sisters; Teresa B. Hughes of Williamsburg, Sheila Coleman of Disputanta, Tammy B. Baldwin of Hope Mills, N.C., and Wendy B. Bell of Chester; nieces, Rachel and Staci; nephews, Jeremie, Jason, Eric, Chad, Cory, Ryan, Travis; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service will be held at the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at 6 p.m. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.
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Memories and Condolences
for Susan Barker
Steve Moore
August 11, 2020
Rest In Peace Susan knowing you are missed and never forgotten. ❤
Rose Whittingham
August 29, 2008
Aunt Carol, Uncle Sammy, Teresa, Tammy,Sheila, and Wendy: I send you my love and prayers. I know the sorrow that you all must share. Please know that God has Susan in his care now, and on the angels wing she must fly on the rest of her journey. Only God has his reasons, and only he knows. She has to go the rest of the way with him. May god bless and keep you all. Love__ Rose Marie Neely, Gibson Whittingham
Jimmy Glass
August 28, 2008
My sympathy goes out to all the Barker Family.I am truely sorry for the loss of Susan. I know the pain you are going though. I have been there. You will never forget her, you will always have your memories of her.Your sadness is carried in our hearts.Love Jimmy & Rhonda
WALTER & DEBORAH KING
August 28, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Steve Moore
August 28, 2008
As time slips past us it strengthens us and helps us deal with the things we cannot comprehend. Time heals all but it never forgets.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends who have suffered a great loss.
As we try to understand this loss please keep in mind that the will of God never takes us where the grace of god will not protect us. He will bring peace to us all in time.
Susan, you will remain forever deep within our hearts and always in our memories. Rest In Peace.
Tammy Barker-Baldwin
August 27, 2008
To all who have taken the time to express their love to our family, we thank you. Our hearts are overflowing with your prayers, poems and comforting words. It is amazing how people come together in a time of need. My family wants you to know how much we appreciate your support and willingness to "be there" for us. It has been a difficult time and as we search, we are trying to understand. We are pulling together to strengthen and support each other as we remember all the wonderful things about Susan. She will truly be missed but never forgotten.
Steve Moore
August 19, 2008
Our lives here on earth are sometimes blessed with kindred spirits. Susan, you were truly a friend of mine. We shared some laughter, some tears but mostly good times so long ago but those memories are still fresh in my memory. They bring a smile to my face when I look back and remember those days.
I honestly wish I could turn the clock back and see your beautiful face just one more time but that angelic smile will always burn bright in my mind when I think of you. Rest in peace, you will be missed more than you will ever know.
Teresa Barker Hughes
August 19, 2008
A Sister is Love that you never outgrow. No matter where our paths may wind. Those childhood days we left behind are with me in my heart and mind, as I remember you.
Stacy Brown-Donati
August 18, 2008
Sam-
We are thinking about you and your family.
Our Deepest Sympathy,
Stacy and JB
SHELIA GRAHAM
August 18, 2008
Occasionally, we are graced with the presence of an earth
bound angel. They are unable to stay with us for long, but
while they do, they bring unprecedented joy and happiness to
all they touch. While they are here, we bask in their goodness
and marvel at their contribution to the world. When they
leave, we are left with the devastation that comes with losing
such a wonderful being... but we must remember... the earth
bound angels are not ours to keep. They are ours to enjoy,
learn from, and behold until they return home.
BRUCE DEAR
August 18, 2008
The Existence Of Love
I had thought that your death
was a waste and destruction,
A pain of grief hardly to be endured.
I am only beginning to learn
That your life was a gift, a growing
And a loving left with me.
The desperation of death
Destroyed the existence of love,
But the fact of death
Cannot destroy what has been given.
I am learning to look at your life again
Instead of your death and your departing.
JAMIE
August 18, 2008
If tears could build a stairway,
And memories were a lane.
I would walk right up to heaven,
To bring you home again.
No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say good-bye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.
My heart still aches in sadness,
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.
You and angels around Gods happy throne.
I would have held you closer if I had known
~Unknown Author~
RENNIE ALLEN
August 18, 2008
The Next Room
Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped
away into the next room. I am I, and you are you.
What ever we were to each other, that
we still are. Call me by my old familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way which you
always used. Put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes
we enjoyed together. Pray, smile, think of me,
pray for me. Let my name be the household word
that it always was. Let it be spoken without effect,
without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means
all that it ever meant, It is the same as it ever was;
there is unbroken continuity, Why should I be
out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere
very near, just round the corner. All is well.
WINFERY
August 18, 2008
You place your hand on His bible,
and when you swear to tell the truth.
His name is on our greatest monuments
an' all our money too.
An' when we pledge allegiance,
there's no doubt where we stand:
There's no separation,
we're one nation under Him.
In God, we still trust here in America,
He's the one we turn to every time the
going gets rough.
He is the source of all our strength,
the one who watches over us.
Here in America, in God, we still trust.
Now there are those among us,
Who wanna push Him out.
And erase his name from everything,
This country's all about.
From the schoolhouse to the courthouse,
They're silencing His word,
Now it's time for all believers,
To make our voices heard.
In God, we still trust here in America,
He's the one we turn to every time the
goin' gets rough.
He is the source of all our strength,
the one who watches over us.
Here in America, in God, we still trust.
Here in America,
Here in America,
Here in America, in God, we still trust.
Here in America, in God, we still trust.
Here in America.
andrea and franklin farley
August 18, 2008
Where The Roses Never Fade
I am going to a city
where the streets with gold are laid
where the tree of life is blooming
and the roses never fade
Here they bloom but for a season
soon their beauty is decayed
I am going to a city
where the roses never fade
Loved ones gone to be with Jesus
in their robes of white array
now are waiting for my coming
where the roses never fade
Here they bloom but for a season
soon their beauty is decayed
I am going to a city
where the roses never fade
where the roses never fade
RANDALL
August 18, 2008
"And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them, who are the called
according to his purpose"
Romans 8:28
A Time To Grieve
Please allow my heart to grieve,
Let me shed the needed tears.
Don't ask me to hold it within my heart,
As I've done through the years.
Let the hurt and disappointment,
Run it's appointed time.
It needs to examine itself,
Be allowed to grieve awhile.
It needs a quiet peaceful time,
With my Lord just alone.
Only He can dry the grieving tears,
For the one to Him that's known.
In His time he will stop the flow,
He will make all things right.
And all the tears within my heart,
Will be gone in a morning light.
I'm so thankful for my Lord,
And friend that comes along beside me.
I put my grief in his loving hands.
That only He can truly see.
He looks at us through eyes of love,
For that we can be sure.
And because of His precious love,
Anything we can endure.
August 18, 2008
It was the strangest dream I had,
I was sitting by Mama's bed,
And athough our eyes did meet,
Not a single word was said.
In my heart I knew all the words,
That she wanted to say.
And felt she knew she wouldn't last,
Through another day.
I felt my heart was breaking,
As the tears ran down my face.
I'd never know the joy again,
Of her loving, sweet embrace.
Mama, please don't go away,
There's much I want to say.
In tears my heart cried out to her,
Stay with me another day.
Heaven's portals opened up,
An angel led her inside.
As she turned and smiled at me,
I saw Jesus at her side.
These words I write to you in love,
For loved ones that may depart.
Don't leave those precious words unsaid,
That are are held within your heart.
August 18, 2008
I Said A Prayer For You
I said a prayer for you today,
For you and those you love.
I prayed you'd feel God's presence,
Feel His guidance from above.
I asked Him to keep you safe and warm,
To send an angel before you.
To make a path and light the way,
In whatever you might do.
I have put you in His loving care,
I trust Him with all my heart.
He's faithful in His promises,
From you He will not part.
When tomorrow comes please tell me,
That you said a prayer for me.
Friends praying for each other,
Is what our Father loves to see.
August 18, 2008
God sent an angel to this earth,
I called you Mother who raised me from birth.
You listened to me through laughter and tears,
and were there for me for so many years.
Now what can I do, Oh, what can I say?
For God has taken my angel away.
To spread your wings far above,
to fill the sky with your beautiful love.
The most giving woman I've ever known,
but now our Lord has called you home.
A life eternal in His loving care,
by His grace one day I'll see you there.
Goodbye for now, Mom, until we meet again;
My angel, my mother, and my best friend.
BARBARA AND DALE MARTIN
August 18, 2008
Inspirations on the breeze
Landing on your ears with ease
Words to encourage and to calm
Quieting your heart like a psalm
The Lord whispers sweet words to you
Giving guidance, helping to know what to do
His words come floating, caressing your soul
Listen carefully, He can make you whole
He tenderly reaches out His hand
Searching for the broken in the land
He longingly desires to embrace
You and all the fears you face
His gentle touch will bring release
Reach out to Him and receive His peace.
KAYLA AND SARA LEWIS
August 18, 2008
So much pain
So much sorrow
Seems to permeate
Our tomorrow.
In our sadness
And our woe
God’s great hands
Reach out to bestow
Love and joy,
His compassionate peace.
Yesterday’s sorrows
Will not add to our tomorrows.
They will not bring about the peace
That only God can release.
Look to the One
Who made the tomorrows
And for you gave up His Son.
He knows of the piercing pain.
He knows of your great losses.
But He also knows the gains
If into His great hands
You will leave your woes.
He has such great plans
For you and mankind.
Just drop your broken heart
Into His hands, leave it behind.
Let Him work it all out.
For He is the only one
Who with a mighty shout
Can change those sorrows
From sadness to joy
And make much brighter tomorrows.
DANA DAVIDSON
August 18, 2008
Father in heaven
Hear my cry
Father in heaven
Hear my plea
Help me to see
Your will in my life
Show me your ways
In all I do
Father in heaven
Guide my path
Father in heaven
Surround me with love
Cleanse my mind
Of all its doubts
Remove far from me
All my fears.
Father in heaven
Hold me close
Father in heaven
Hear my pleas
As here I pray on my knees
Contrite, humbled and openly ready
For Your touch upon me
Father in heaven
Help me each day
Father in heaven
In Your arms I would stay
Help me to remember
To You each day
I should aim my heart
And pray to You before I start
SUSAN MARSHALL
August 18, 2008
Why is it we are so impatient
For the answer to our prayer
Each time we petition the Lord?
And why is it we are so unhappy
When that answer isn’t the one
That we thought was right for us?
Have we all forgotten that God
Is our loving Father and always knows
What is the best way to answer those prayers?
Do we need to be reminded constantly
That the Lord knows all our needs
Even before we cry out to Him?
Why can’t we be content
And accept the way God works things out?
We often think we know the best answer
And try to manipulate
And bargain with the Lord
If only He would see things our way.
But like the loving Father that He is
He gives us what we really need.
Not what our selfish minds think we should have.
All of us need to learn to accept God’s way
And put aside our "me first" attitudes.
Our Lord Jesus gave us the greatest example
When in the garden He asked the Father
To spare His life and find another way.
But when the Father said
The sacrifice He must make
Our Lord Jesus accepted
And said these simple words
"Not my will but thine".
The Father gives to each
The perfect answer for each prayer
And He gives it in perfect timing.
Let’s all endeavor to say
"Not my will but thine"
no matter the answer He gives.
JASON AND GALE TAYLOR
August 18, 2008
Oh the wonder of God’s love!
It descends like a dove
So gentle and soft
And stays there aloft.
It surrounds us with peace
And give us wondrous release.
He lets us abide there
While giving of a love that has no compare.
We as His children can in His lap
Climb up without fear of any mishap.
He as a Father holds His arms out wide
Saying, "Come, in My love you can abide.
I will be your protection and shield
And in the face of your enemy, I will never yield.
You are my child, my dear one.
I fought for you and won!"
So surrender your heart to my Lord.
He will always give His love in very sweet accord.
BOB - LYNN MAYTON
August 18, 2008
When you're lonely,
I wish you love.
When you're down,
I wish you joy.
When you're troubled,
I wish you peace.
When things are complicated,
I wish you simple beauty.
When things look empty,
I wish you hope.
Anon
GRIEVING SILENTLY
Why must I grieve silently,
When my heart is so loudly screaming?
The emptiness I feel is consuming me,
Oh God, how I wish I were dreaming.
The silence around me is deafening,
For nobody knows what to say,
To comfort this agony I'm feeling,
Since my son went away.
And each day the sun continues to rise,
And the earth is still turning,
Though my world has come to a screeching halt,
No one can ease my yearning.
For a part of me has vanished,
And a part of my heart has died,
And no one can hear my heartache,
Or feel the turmoil I carry inside.
And I'll go on grieving silently,
And exist on a different plane,
And I'll keep my love for him deep in my heart,
Until we see each other again.
August 18, 2008
If Roses grow in Heaven,
Lord please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my Mother's arms
and tell her they're from me.
Tell her I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for awhile.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there's an ache within my heart
that will never go away.
JOYCE AND JEAN
August 18, 2008
Please be gentle with me for I am grieving.
The sea I swim in is a lonely one
and the shore seems miles away.
Waves of despair numb my soul
as I struggle through each day.
My heart is heavy with sorrow.
I want to shout and scream
and repeatedly ask “why.”
At time, my grief overwhelms me
and I weep bitterly,
so great is my loss.
Please don’t turn away
Or tell me to move on with my life.
I must embrace my pain
before I can begin to heal.
Companion me through tears
And sit with me in loving silence.
Honor where I am in my journey
Not where you think I should be.
Listen patiently to my story.
I may need to tell it over and over again.
It’s how I begin to grasp the enormity of my loss.
Nurture me through weeks and months ahead.
Forgive me when I seem distant and inconsolable.
A small flame still burns within my heart
And shared memories may trigger
both laughter and tears.
I need your support and understanding.
There is no right or wrong way to grieve.
I must find my own path.
Please, will you walk beside me?
August 18, 2008
In tears I saw you sinking,
I watched you fade away.
You suffered much in silence,
you fought so hard to stay.
You faced your task with courage.
Your spirit did not bend,
and still you kept on fighting until the very end.
God saw you getting tired.
When a cure was not to be.
So he put his arms around you and whispered "come to me".
So when I saw you sleeping So peaceful, free from pain.
I could not wish you back
to suffer that again.
Elly, Marc, Brandon, Haley Cleveland
August 17, 2008
Brandy, Jacob, Angelina, Kade and Conner:
We are so deeply sorry for your horrible loss of your mother and grandmother. You are in our thoughts and prayers. We wish we could be there to hold you, love on you, and care for you. Please let us know what we can do for you from here. We love you guys and pray for peace and strength.
Margaret Chaplin
August 17, 2008
Aunt Carol, Brandy & Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Margaret, Fred, Cheree & Cody
Margaret Chaplin
August 17, 2008
To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived
okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here
is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you
every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up
and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."
It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were
gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man.
God gave me a list of things, that he wished for
me to do.
And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's
chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life
on earth, and all those loving years
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not
be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But
one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a
time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...
that as you give unto the world, the world will
give to you.
If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night......"My day
was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,
knowing as I passed along the
way, I made somebody smile.
So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
just lend a hand to pick
him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in
your footsteps only half a step behind.
And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember
you're not going.....you're coming here to me.
Ruth Ann Mahaffey (author)
©Copyright 1998-2008
Staci Coleman
August 17, 2008
To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived
okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here
is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you
every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up
and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."
It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were
gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man.
God gave me a list of things, that he wished for
me to do.
And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's
chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life
on earth, and all those loving years
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not
be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But
one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a
time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...
that as you give unto the world, the world will
give to you.
If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night......"My day
was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,
knowing as I passed along the
way, I made somebody smile.
So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
just lend a hand to pick
him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in
your footsteps only half a step behind.
And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember
you're not going.....you're coming here to me.
Ruth Ann Mahaffey (author)
©Copyright 1998-2008
Terri (Tipton) Queensberry
August 17, 2008
Dear Tammy, Wendy and family,
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Jerry Hower
August 17, 2008
Sammy, Carol, Teresa, my prayers are with you at this time. May God comfort you in this most difficult of times.
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