One of our goals as we have done the research on these ancestors was to be able to find the original inscription on their grave marker.  Thanks to Roger Barker, a great-grandson of Charles and Fannie, through his efforts of searching he was able to find the original inscription that had become so very worn on their original marker that you could not read it. 

On October 8, 2005, two days before Charles and Fannie's 141st wedding anniversary, a new grave marker was placed in front of their original grave marker.  Thanks to those who contributed funds to help make this possible.  The new grave marker has additional information that the original did not have.  A beautiful porcelain picture of Charles and Fannie has been placed on this marker.  In years to come as descendants visit this grave site they will be able to know what these ancestors looked like.  These two people started the BARKER line in Taylorsville that has had much to do with the history of Taylorsville.  In addition to the picture the names of their four children along with their birth and death years have been added for future generations wanting to know about their ancestry. The original inscription can now be read by all who visit.  This is the inscription:

Weep not that our toils our over

Weep not that our hour is runned

God grant that you may rest as calmly

When your work like ours is done.