R.A. Barber, 95, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at his residence in Port Arthur, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 8, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., at Wilkinson Cemetery in Newton, Texas.
R.A. was born in Orange, Texas, on January 14, 1928, to Clyde Andrew Barber and Hazel Hathaway-Barber. After serving our country in the United States Airforce from 1946 to 1949 he worked and retired for the US Post Office as a clerk.
He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-nine years, Christine Barber; his daughter, Terry Clark; his granddaughter, Jessica Clark; grandsons, Clint Clark, and Darin Permenter; his brother, Ernest Dorman; and his sister, Shirley Jo Currie.
He is survived by the mother of his children Rosalyn Randle; his daughters, Phyllis Jorgensen and husband Brad of Canyon Lake, Texas; Leslie McKnight and Karl Vanderstucken of Orange, Texas; and Shannon Organ of Pearland, Texas; his son, Greg Harmon and wife Luci of Kerrville, Texas; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; his sister, Bernice Wade; and his brother, Andrew “A.C.” Barber.
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