Jimmie Lamar Barker

Funeral service for Mr. Jimmie Lamar Barker, 50, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with Dr. Bill Snow officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 12 - 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Barker passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011. Survivors include his daughter, Miranda Dawn Helms, of Gadsden; mother and step-father, Betty (Greg) Conner, of Weaver; sister, Terry Shalene Ray, of Ohatchee; brothers, William Kevin Barker, of Ridgeland, S.C., Curtis Keith Barker, of Jacksonville; grandmother, Betty Christine Hurst, of Weaver; grandchildren, Shannon Spinks Jr., Jody Spinks, Crimson Spinks, and several nieces and nephews. He was also survived by a special friend Sherry Duke, of Anniston and her two sons, C. J. and Jonathan Duke,of Anniston. Mr. Barker was a Alabama native and resident of Anniston. He loved his God, his Country and his love for the human race was evident in his treatment of others. He worked for B. R. Williams Trucking Company in Oxford, and enjoyed trucking down the highway in his big Red Truck. He died inside the love of his life, his eighteen wheeler. He attended Rock Of Ages Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Jimmie Barker Sr.; daughter, Cassandra Barker; son, Steven Barker; grandfather, Curtis Hurst. Chapel Hill Funeral Home will be servicing the Barker family 256-820-5151 www.chapelhillfh.com