Attended as a freshman, 1914-1915

Birth: 26 May 1894, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 27 Mar 1985, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
John Allen Harkey (1857-1949)
Martha Alice Dry Harkey (1855-1924)

Siblings:
Lillie JoAnn Harkey Troutman (1874–1924)
Henry Walter Harkey (1876–1965)
Adolphus Deberry “Dolph” Harkey (1879–1948)
Attie Lutricia Harkey Eudy (1881–1965)
Pearlie Harkey Moose (1885–1961)
Sidney E. Harkey (1888–1899)
Jesse George Harkey (1891–1960)
Annie Margaret Harkey Lowder (1897–1969)

Spouse: Paul Miller Barringer (1893-1957)
Marriage: 22 Dec 1917, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Children:
Helen Roanna Barringer Hammill (1918–2011)
Rufus John “RJ” Barringer (1921–2008)
Robert Allen Barringer (1925–2003)
Frances Elizabeth Barringer Medlin (1927–2020)

Burial: St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Source: www.findagrave.com, #29639736.

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The Concord Times (Concord, NC), 3 Jan 1918, p. 8.

Harkey-Barringer.

A beautiful home wedding was solemnized Saturday, December 22, at 6 o’clock, at the home of the bride, near Mount Pleasant, when Miss Mary Harkey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harkey became the bride of Mr. Paul Barringer, of Mt. Pleasant. Rev. M. L. Ridenhour, pastor of the bride, performed the ceremony in a most beautiful and impressive manner. The marriage vows were taken in the parlor, which was most beautifully decorated. The wedding was a very quiet affair, only a few friends and relatives being present. Little Miss Edna Bellotte was ring bearer. She is a niece of the bride.

This young couple are very popular. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. J. D. Barringer, and one of Mt. Pleasant’s best young men. After the wedding a sumptuous supper was served, which all enjoyed. We wish them a long and happy life. They are living at the home of the groom’s father. X. Y. Z.

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Concord Tribune (Concord, NC), 3 Jun 1984, p. 40.

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Independent Tribune (Concord, NC), 28 Mar 1985, p. 12.

Mrs. Barringer

MT. PLEASANT — Mrs. Mary Alice Harkey Barringer, 90, of Rt. 2-N.C. 49 died Wednesday at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.

Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church by the Rev. Ted Goins. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends tonight from 6 until 8 at Gordon-Penninger Funeral Home and will be at the home at other times.

Mrs. Barringer was born May 26, 1894 in Cabarrus County. Her parents were the late John Allen Harkey and Martha Alice Dry Harkey. She was retired from the cafeteria division of the Cabarrus County School system.

She was educated in the county school system and Mout [Mont] Amoena Seminary. She was a member of St. John’s Church, where she was active in the Lutheran Church Women for 77 years.

Her husband, Paul M. Barringer, died in 1957.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frances Medlin of Concord and Mrs. Helen Hammill of Mt. Pleasant; two sons, R.J. Barringer of Mt. Pleasant and Robert A. Barringer of Danville, Va., 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rt. 5, Box 146, Concord.