Kathy June "Clarke" Barker

Kathy June "Clarke" Barker obituary, Huntingdon, TN

Kathy June "Clarke" Barker

Kathy Barker Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dilday-Carter Funeral Home on Feb. 12, 2026.
Mrs. Kathy June Barker, 69, of Huntingdon, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral Services will be conducted 2:00PM Saturday, February 14, 2026 in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Union Academy in McKenzie, Tennessee. Brother Darrell Ridgley officiating.

The family will receive friends Saturday, February 14, 2026 in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home from 11:00 AM until time of service at 2:00 PM.

Kathy was born June 13, 1956, in Fulton, Kentucky to the late Carmen "Wick" Clarke and Allie Ruth Clarke. She spent the entirety of her happy childhood in Lavinia, Tennessee. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Mack Barker.

She is survived by her fiancé, Alton Crossno of Huntingdon, Tennessee; Alton's two daughters, Delilah Crossno and Denise Pyburn; one sister, Karen (Lynn) Reed of Trezevant, Tennessee; three brothers, Delmar Clarke of Camden, Tennessee, Barry Kent Clarke of Cedar Grove, Tennessee and Randall (Peggy) Clarke of Lavinia, Tennessee; along with several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Dilday-Carter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 731-986-8281

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