Pitman Warwick Barker, age 86, of Lumberton, NC died on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

He was born in Robeson County to Prentice Reid Barker, Sr. and Ida Thelma Britt Barker. Mr. Barker was a life long resident of Robeson County, member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and a prominent farmer. He was an avid fox hunter and was renowned for his walker foxhounds. Mr. Barker served as a judge in field trials in North and South Carolina for many years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Smith Barker and a granddaughter, Claire Elizabeth McCrimmon.

Mr. Barker is survived by two sons, John P. Barker and wife, Brenda and David Barker and wife, Linda of Lumberton, NC; three daughters, Mary Barker Allen and husband, David of North Myrtle Beach, SC, Susan B. McCrimmon and husband, Robert of Pinehurst, NC and Emily Barker of Lumberton, NC; one brother, P.R. Barker, Jr. of Hope Mills, NC; two sisters, Helen Reid Kellahan and Kathleen Evans both of Kingstree, SC; nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009, at 11:00 AM at Cedar Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Brust and Mr. Richard Kellahan officiating.

The family will receive friends on Friday, August 21, 2009 from 7:00-9:00 PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc, 809 E. 5th Street in Lumberton.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be sent to Boys & Girls Home, P.O Box 127, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 or Cedar Grove Baptist Church Library Fund, P.O Box 2250, Lumberton, NC 28359.