Robert Carl Barkley, 80, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born May 13, 1945, in Arkansas, to Carl and Beulah Tucker Barkley. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was stationed in South Korea and was in the Signal Core. Robert achieved the rank of Colonel while in the Army. He was retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, where he was a Wildlife Biologist. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and was an avid reader.

Services will be private. McNeece-Morris Funeral Home is in charge.

Survivors include his wife, Paulette Tucker Barkley; one sister, Charlotte Barkley Thompson (Bob) of Paragould, Arkansas; several nieces and nephews and other extended family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents.