Richard Wayne Barkley Obituary
In loving memory of Richard Wayne Barkley of Sumter, South Carolina, born in Manning, South Carolina, who departed this world on August 5, 2025 at the age of 62. Richard leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Richard farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Richard is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Relie William Barkley and Brenda Ray Britt Kornfehl; his siblings, Robert Barkley of Sumter, Karen James of Sumter and Sandra Hart (Daren) of Morris, Michigan; his nieces, Bridget Barkley and Brianna Barkley of Sumter; and his sister-in-law Tina Barkley. He was also cherished by three great nieces and two great nephews.
