I met Tom Barker in 1944 in Avon Park, Florida.  We were both being trained as Navigators on B17s in the Army Air Corps.  We became best friends. We had a grand time traveling around Florida looking for girls. After discharge, we lost touch. 
In the late 1990s we became reacquainted in St Augustine, Florida, in Bill Proctor’s Sunday School class at Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church. Upon introductions, I said, “I used to know a Tom Barker who was a navigator in the Army Air Corps.”  He answered, “l am he.” We became best friends once again.  
Tom had so many qualities I admired. Not only was he easy to be with, he was also dependable, considerate of others, and had a wide knowledge of many subjects. 
My wife, Martha, and I spent many happy days traveling with Tom both abroad and around the southeast.  He and his second wife, Mary, came to our cabin on Blue Ridge Lake in Georgia every summer. But our favorite spot was the very special Snowbird Lodge in Graham County, NC.  
I count Tom as my oldest friend, and his friendship was important to me.  


Bunny and family
A great father and grandfather who really loved his family. I so much admired him for that.


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Thomas B Barker

15 julio, 1925 – 30 mayo, 2020

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