Yuvonne Barker

Yuvonne Leonore Barker, 87, of Waco died February 5th, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 in the Grace Gardens Chapel. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 in the Grace Gardens Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

On Dec 27, 1929 on a farm near McLean, Nebraska, Yuvonne Leonore Black was born,

the first child and only daughter of Howard and Helen Black. As a child, when she would try to say her given name it came out as “Bonnie”, and so it became the name she went by all her life. Bonnie and her two younger brothers, James and Dennis, grew up with their parents on various farms in northeast Nebraska. She went to high school in Randolph, Nebraska and was an outstanding student, and member of the cheer team. She met the star football player Clifford James Barker, who became her one and only sweetheart. Following high school, Bonnie attended the University of Colorado and received her teaching certificate. She returned to Nebraska to teach at Pearl Creek Country School.

Bonnie and Clifford married in Randolph on Oct 31, 1950. Cliff was inducted into the Air Force and the couple moved to Waco, Texas, in 1951 where he served at James Connally Air Force Base. When it became necessary, Bonnie was able to independently support her 5 children, and put each child through college. She was the top sales woman in appliances, at Waco Sears and Roebuck for 25 years. Upon retiring, she became passionate about holistic healing and opened her own herb business, Get Well-Stay Well. Her shelves were stocked with herbs and her “foot soak” was ready for any and all.

All who loved Bonnie have heard her tell the story of how her four grandparents, and later her parents made their choice to serve God rather than themselves. Though this all began before her birth, the influence of their lives remained with her. On May 19, 1971, she also listened to the same gospel and made a choice to put God first in her life. On that day the sweetest chapter of her life began.

The fruit of her life’s choices can be seen and felt in the lives of many here today. So it is for her as we read in Proverbs 31, “Her children will rise up and call her blessed, and the fruit of her hands will praise her in the gates.”

She is survived by four daughters; one son; two brothers; fourteen grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.

Visitation

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ,Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel
8220 Woodway Drive Waco, TX 76712

Chapel Service

10:00 AM ,Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel
8220 Woodway Drive Waco, TX 76712

Interment

11:30 AM ,Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Oakwood Cemetery
2124 S. 5th Waco, Tx 76706

Interment

11:30 AM ,Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Oakwood Cemetery
2124 S. 5th Waco, Tx 76706