Person:Marjorie Barker (1)

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Marjorie Barker
b.3 Jan 1920 Lyerly, GA
d.25 Jun 1981 Jacksonville, FL
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Feb 1913
  1. Thomas Albert Barker1914 - 1994
  2. Sarah Linna Barker1916 - 1994
  3. William Link Barker1918 - 1920
  4. Marjorie Barker1920 - 1981
  5. Mary Randolph Barker1922 - 1995
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m. 7 May 1943
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m. 15 Apr 1950
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Name Marjorie Barker
Gender Female
Birth[1] 3 Jan 1920 Lyerly, GA
Marriage 7 May 1943 Mexico City, Mexicoto Joseph P. Killebrew
Marriage 15 Apr 1950 St. Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, United StatesTrinity Episcopal Church
to William Henry Barrett, Jr.
Divorce Dec 1959 St. Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, United Statesfrom William Henry Barrett, Jr.
Occupation? School Teacher And Retail Merchant
Death[2] 25 Jun 1981 Jacksonville, FL
Burial? New Hope South Baptist Church, Holland, Chattooga, Georgia
Other? 29 Jun 1981 New Hope South Cemetery, Holland, GABuried
Other? Attended Austin PeayCollege
Other? Cheatham County Central High SchoolHigh School

From Nancy Murphy:

Marjorie, the third surviving child of Dolph and Lois Barker, followed her mother’s career as a teacher. She married Joseph P. Killebrew in May 1943, but was widowed the next year when the B-29 he piloted was lost over Japan. Marjorie (also known as Tot) and Joe had a daughter, who was born in June 1944.
After the war, Tot visited her sisters in St. Augustine, Florida, and decided to move there with her young daughter. She met and married William Henry (Bill) Barrett, Jr., a merchant seaman from a local family. They had three children before that marriage ended in divorce in the early 1960s. Marjorie remained in the large house the couple had purchased to accommodate their growing family.
Even with financial help from the divorce settlement, it was difficult supporting four children. Tot first returned to her teaching career as a gym teacher at the local high school, but her children suffered from their mother’s daily absence. She began operating a kindergarten at her home in 1962. This school operated until the public schools began including kindergarten classes in the late 1960s. In 1968, she joined Richard M. (Dick) Swain as a partner in the Straw Market and Spanish Heritage Tours. After his death in 1972, she bought his share of the businesses and operated them alone. She sold both businesses in 1979.
Tot died in June 1981 from cancer after an illness of several months. She is buried with her Barker family in Chattooga County.


Sources: Barker Family Bible Affidavit declaring Birth information for Delayed birth certificate. Last Will and Testament, dated 8/27/1962. Order of Discharge, estate of Marjorie B. Barrett, dated 7/28/1983. Copy of telegram and letter regarding marriage to Joe Killebrew inMexico City, Mexico.

Substitute physical education teacher, St. Augustine High School, St.Augustine, FL - about 1962.

Operated a kindergarten from her home at 404 Old Quarry Road, St.Augustine, FL from about 1963 until 1968.

Owned the Straw Market, 26 Cuna Street, St. Augustine, FL, in partnershipwith Richard Swain, from 1968 until about 1979.

Owned Spanish Heritage Tours, St. Augustine, FL, from about 1968 until1983.

References
  1. ↑ FL Death Cert 81-053591.
  2. ↑ FL Death Cert 81-053591 (2).
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