Mary Barker Bailey

April 7, 2017

Mary "Genis" Whitaker Barker Bailey, age 92, a resident of Snyder Road in Rives Junction, Michigan, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017 at her home. Mary "Genis" was born February 14, 1927 in Salyersville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Donie and Dollie Fletcher Whitaker. Husbands, Forest Barker, Ramey Bailey, Sons, Chalmer Barker, Duane Barker, daughter, Joyce Barker Mosher, brothers, Kelly Whitaker, Burl C. Whitaker, Willard Whitaker, Paul Whitaker, Jay C. Whitaker, Buck Whitaker, sister, Venis Jacobs, grandchildren, Lisa Barker, Chalmer Martin Barker, Terry Allen Longacer, preceded in death. Mary "Genis" was a devoted homemaker and member of her family. She was also a member of the Pentecostal Faith. Those left to mourn includes sons, Clifton Barker of Princeton, Illinois, Rev. Kenny Barker of Salyersville, Kentucky, Bobby Barker and wife Sherry of South Bend, Indiana, Calvin Barker and wife Patty of Plymouth, Indiana, sister, Alice Minix of Salyersville, Kentucky, Priscella Clark of Rives Junction, Michigan, twenty-eight grandchildren, and a host of family and friends who love and miss her. Funeral services for Mary "Genis" Whitaker Barker Bailey will be conducted Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:00 AM from the chapel of the Salyersville Funeral Home in Salyersville, Kentucky. Interment will follow in the Sparks Family Cemetery at Sparks Hollow in Salyersville, Kentucky. The family will welcome friends Tuesday, April 11, after 6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 12, after 10:00 AM, and anytime prior to funeral services. Contributions can be made to the "Genis" Barker Memorial Fund. Arrangements are entrusted and under the direction of the Salyersville Funeral Home in Salyersville, Kentucky.