Margaret (Campbell) Barker

Margaret Campbell Barker went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on January 13, 2025.  Margaret was born October 25, 1939 in Welch, WV to Walter Vernon and Hester Mae Campbell.

Margarets greatest joy in life was her family. Having met the love of her life William Barker in Welch, WV, the couple was married for 65 years.  She was preceded in death by her husband of the home William Barker, her sister Brenda Hopson and brother Lee Campbell.  Survived by son William David Barker of Blowing Rock, daughter Jennifer Barker Stewart and her husband John of Matthews, NC,  She was the proud grandmother of two sets of twins, Jackson Barker of Colorado,  Suzy Barker Greene  and her husband Jack of Boone, Michael Stewart and Taylor Stewart of Charlotte.  Also surviving is her sister Betty Klosteiman of Sharonville, Ohio, brother-in-law Bob Hopson of Chesterfield, Va, sister-in-law Jeanette Campbell of Salem, VA, beloved nephew Michael Hobson of Virginia. Nieces Ann Marshall, Cathy Joines and nephew Jeff Hopson.

After living in Winston Salem and Durham-Chapel Hill area, they retired to Sparta, NC for 25 years, where the couple became faithfully involved with Alleghany Cares and their church family at Sparta United Methodist Church.  They spent their remaining years together in Blowing Rock.

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