ON JULY 4, 2022, KYLE BARKER OF GALAX, VIRGINIA PASSED AWAY.  HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER KYLENE BARKER MCNEILL AND HER HUSBAND IAN MCNEILL. KYLE GREW UP ON A FARM ON MAX LANE AS THE YOUNGEST SON OF MARY AND COMMODORE BARKER, AND ENJOYED THE FRUITS OF HEALTHY EATING AND LIVING.  HE WAS 91 YEARS OLD AND NEVER SPENT A NIGHT IN A HOSPITAL.

KYLE WAS KNOWN AS A GENEROUS, LIGHT- HEARTED AND COMPASSIONATE SOUL.  HE WAS ALWAYS A HARD WORKER AND LOVED THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.  UPON HIS RETIREMENT HE WAS A REAL HOME BODY AND LOVED GARDENING AND MOWING HIS YARD.

KYLE WAS A KIND AND LOVING PARTNER TO HIS WIFE, DOLORES, (DECEASED) AND LOVING FATHER TO HIS SON, RENNIE (DECEASED) AND DAUGHTER, KYLENE.

HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED IN THEIR HEARTS.

VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 2 PM AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM ON SATURDAY, JULY 16 ^TH AT BLUE RIDGE CHAPEL ON MAX LANE.  IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE BURIAL AND DINNER AT THE CHURCH.  HE WAS THE OLDEST LIVING MEMBER OF THE CHURCH THAT HIS PARENTS HELPED BUILD IN THE EARLY 1900'S.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO THE BLUE RIDGE CHAPEL.