Lesta Barker's Obituary
Lesta Faulk Barker, 98, of Germantown, TN passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2015. She retired from Peoples State Bank in Millington, TN and was a resident of Germantown Plantation Senior Living. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Stella Hewitt Faulk; siblings, R.C. Faulk, Eleanor Faulk and Eloise Scharbat; her former husband, Eldridge Seward and husband, Grady Barker; her son, Charles Perry “Sonny” Seward and daughter-in-law, Mary Joan Seward; and grandson, Perry Seward. She is survived by her daughter, Jo Anne Seward Simpkins (Robert); four grandchildren, Patti Simpkins, Cyndi Bennett (Bruce), Wanda Betts (Ralph), and David Seward (Ruth Ann); and seven great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home until the services immediately following at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 22 with entombment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery’s Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the Rosemark Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor’s choice. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, “Behind the Stone Wall.”
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