Yvonne “Vonnie” Barker

Yvonne “Vonnie” Barker, 91, died on Monday, January 11, 2016, in Pflugerville.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2016, in the First Baptist Church in Groom with Rev. David Kelley & Rev. Laine Meek, officiating.
Burial will follow at Groom Cemetery in Groom.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Vonnie was born September 27, 1924 in Snyder to Buford & Ruth Howerton.  She married William Earl Barker on October 17, 1942 in Clarendon.  She had been a hairdresser prior to her retirement.  She had been a longtime resident of Groom and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Groom.  She loved to snow ski, golfing with her late husband, and visiting her grandkids.  She was a wonderful mother.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, on March 4, 2005; a daughter, Schellon Meek; a brother, Dannia Howerton; great grandchild, Jamison Lanham; and her great grandchild, Zachary Vasquez.
She is survived by a son, Earl Lynn Barker and wife Wanda of Groom; a daughter, Carla Reed and Dennis Hunter of Pflugerville; a sister, Billie Williams and husband Doc of Kemp; a sister in law, Peggy Howerton of Groom; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Wednesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the activity center in the First Baptist Church in Groom.
The family request memorials be sent to the First Baptist Church in Groom or the Zachary Vasquez Scholarship Fund 803 Ivy Drive, Pflugerville, Texas 78660.