Vera Blanche E. Barker

MARION, Va.

VERA BLANCHE E. BARKER, age 94 passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Va.

She was born in Grant, Virginia, May 19, 1925 to the late Charlie F. and Daisy M. Emerson.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert John “Bob” Barker.

Mrs. Barker is survived by three sons, Ernest J. Barker and wife, Marie of Gate City, Va., Larry C. Barker and wife, Chris of Chesapeake Beach, Md. and Jim Barker of Marion, Va.; five grandchildren, Allison VonBerg and husband, Scott of North Beach, Md., John Barker and wife, Ashley of Hendersonville, Tenn., Stacie Isham and husband, Stephen of Weaverville, N.C., David Barker of Seoul, South Korea, Christie Jones and husband, Bob of Raleigh, N.C.; and two great-grandchildren, Briley and Baylor Barker of Hendersonville, Tenn.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12 noon at Grant Cemetery, Grayson County, Va. with Pastor Andy Barnes officiating. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at 11:45 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Grant Cemetery in care of David Hoffman, Grant Cemetery Treasurer, 1721 Flatridge Road, Troutdale, Va. 24378.

To share memories of Vera Blanche E. Barker, please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Mrs. Barker’s family has been entrusted to Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion, Va. 24354.