Graveside services for Barry Jerald Luker, 77, of Leland will be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Hollandale City Cemetery. He died on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Barry was born in Murphy, MS on May 6, 1947, to Creighton and Mattie Luker. He graduated from Hollandale Public School. After his graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he received his college degree. When he was discharged from the Air Force, he moved to Washington County where he enjoyed a career in farming. In 1971 he married his love, Jeanette. Barry was an avid outdoorsman.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette, and his parents. He is survived by one son, Brandon Luker (Britany) of Columbia, TN; one daughter, Candice Trim (Randy) of Taylor, AR; three sisters, Ann Tyler, Brenda Martin, and Jeanette Miller; brother, Willard Luker, four granddaughters, two grandsons and two great-granddaughters.