Raymond Andrew Barber

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.