Mrs. Rosa Lee Cox Barker, age 79 of Roaring River, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Mrs. Barker was born December 17, 1931 in Wilkes County to Walter and Ethel Smoot Cox. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, a homemaker, a retired farmer, and a member of Oak Level Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brothers' Charlie Cox, J.B. Cox, and Ira Cox; sisters, Ethleen Cox and Helen Taps. Survivors include: her husband Dwight Barker of the home; sons, Leon Barker of Lincolnton, Dannie Barker and his wife Mae of Hamptonville, and Irvin Barker and his wife Sherry of N. Wilkesboro; daughters, Sue Myers and her husband Joe of Elkin and Betty McMillian and her husband Roland of Cana, VA; brothers, Ed Cox of Palmbay FL, Sam Cox of Elkin, and Roger Cox of N. Wilkesboro; sisters, Bernice Arnold Chicholm of St. Cloud, FL, Anna Lee Spivey of Felesmere, FL, Mildred Johns of Michigan, and Kathleen Smith of State Road, special firend, Pauline Barker of Roaring River, nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 13, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Oak Level Baptist Church with Rev. James Hall and Phillip thompson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Elkin Funeral Service. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060 or to a charity of one's choice.
