Jane Barker

Amma Jane Barker, age 87, passed away on November 2, 2024, after a long-term illness, at Bay Breeze Senior and Rehabilitation Center. 

Jane was born August 8, 1937 in Birmingham, AL. She was married to James Dewey Barker, Sr. on June 16, 1959. They were married for 56 years, before his death in 2015. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jane worked for Hayes Aircraft, where she was an executive secretary/typesetter in the early days of the space program, during the Saturn program. After taking time off to raise her son, she became a successful realtor in the Birmingham area. She worked in real estate for 35+ years. Jane was a member of Huffman Baptist Church for 50+ years. She was also a long-time member of the Birmingham Area Board of Realtors. 

She was predeceased by her husband, James Dewey Barker, Sr. Survivors include her son, James Dewey Barker, Jr. (Libbra) of Gulf Breeze, FL, two grandsons, James Ryley Barker and Micah Lee Barker, both of Gulf Breeze, FL, and one brother, Walter Herbert Smith of Clovis, NM. 

There will be a graveside service only on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2:00pm, at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home and Gardens, Trussville, AL. Dr. Larry Wimberly will officiate.