Vona spent the majority of her life in Northwest Arkansas, where she figured out that she LOVED her Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha. She enjoyed camping and fishing, as well as going to the casinos to play the slot machines – she even won, more often than not!
Vona’s family was her whole life. The highlight of her year was the Tulsa Fair, which she would attend with her entire family. She will be remembered as “the life of the party” who made everyone happy and was as much a friend as she was a mom, grandma, or sister.
She will be dearly missed by her children, Cindi Reynolds and husband Rick of Rogers, Michael Skaggs of Nixa, Missouri; grandchildren, Brandon Reynolds, Ashlee Dooly and husband Matt, Candie Smith; great-grandchildren, Collin Ehret, Parker Dooly, Madalyn Dooly, Ashlynn Dooly, Conner Smith, Kinzie Alexander; 3 great-great-grandchildren; siblings, Ray “Butch” Abernathie, Claudia Whitmarsh, and W.E. Abernathie; and numerous nieces and nephews. She will also be mourned by John and Roberta Skaggs, friends who were as close as family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her son, Jerry “Corky” Barr, Jr.
A celebration of Vona’s life will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers.
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