Visitation at Corsicana Funeral Home

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Viewing: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 AM
1st Baptist Church,

205 Walker St

Malakoff, Texas
Burial: Steen cemetery, Malakoff

Mrs. Ann Barker was born on July 7, 1960 in Malakoff, Texas to William Proctor and Annie C. Redic. She was the third of six children.

Ann was raised in Malakoff and attended Malakoff High School. She furthered her education at Trinity Valley Community College and University of Texas, Tyler, Texas were she received her BA in Business Administration.

She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and united with First Baptist Church in Malakoff, where she served as Mission President and the Finance Board Committee President.

Ann married Maxie C. Barker in Holy Matrimony. This union was blessed with five children.

Mrs. Barker worked as the Malakoff City Secretary for 10 years and was the City Administrator for 20 years.  She was the first black City Secretary for Malakoff and  for the county of Henderson and the first black City Administrator for Malakoff and Henderson County as well. She was a member of the Essence Club, Steen Cemetery, NAACP, and Little Dribblers.

Ann passed away on May 18, 2021 in Athens, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Proctor and Annie C. Redic; two brothers, Bobby Earl and Edward; in-laws, Maxie Lee and Elmer J. Barker.

Loving Survivors: loving husband, Maxie C. Barker, Malakoff, Texas; sons, Gary and Heather, Malakoff, Texas, Jarvis and Margaret, Lindale, Texas and Maxie, Jr., Garland, Texas; daughters, Candice and Byron, Grand Prairie, Texas and Tori, Arlington, Texas; brother, Rev. Paul Redic, Athens, Texas; sisters, Annette Holmes and Gwendolyn Redic, Tyler, Texas; aunt, Hazel and Johnny Davis; uncle Robert Reed; 13 grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.