Bertha Mae Barker, 102, of Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the McMahon-Tomlinson Nursing Home in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was born October 22, 1906 in Salem, Arkansas to Mahlon and Hattie Evelyn (Coen) McGuffee.

Graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the IOOF Cemetery in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of the Tonkawa Funeral Home.


Bertha grew up in Salem, Arkansas where she attended school and met and married Charles T. Barker.

They moved to Three Sands, Oklahoma in 1929. Together they were in the grocery business from 1934 to 1965.  Charles preceded her in death in 1963. In 2003 she moved to Lawton, Oklahoma and spent the rest of her long life there.

She is survived by a daughter, Betty Phelps of Lawton; two sons, Bill Barker and his wife Barbee of Lawton, Oklahoma, and Mike Barker of Sheridan, Oregon; a daughter-in-law, Roberta Barker of Ponca City, Oklahoma; twelve grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; and eight great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles T. Barker; one son, Charles Barker; her parents, Mahlon and Hattie McGuffee; five brothers; and two sisters.

Memorial may be made to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma in care of Tonkawa Funeral Home, 400 East Grand Ave., Tonkawa, Oklahoma 74653.

Condolences may be sent to the family using our online guest book at www.tonkawafh.com