Vina Ellen Horn Proffitt Barker, 74 years of age of the Garden Creek section of Oakwood, VA, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014. Born April 21, 1940 in Pilgrims Knob, VA, she was the daughter of the late Gallie and Viola Bucklen Horn.
Vina enjoyed working Word Search puzzles, watching Days of Our Lives, cooking for her family and was a member of Living Faith House of Prayer. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother an sister.
In addition to her parents, Gallie and Viola Bucklen Horn she was preceded in death by her first husband, Hubert Proffitt, her second husband Ronald Barker, brother Ralph Horn, sister Inez Rife.
Survivors include her daughters Mary Annette (Jessie) Matney Dye of Swords Creek, VA, Lisa (Jimmy) Dotson of Fenton, MI, Delinda (Ira) Rowe of Oakwood, VA, Abranda Lee Ann (Shawn) Helton of Rowe, VA; sons Steve (Jeannine) Proffitt of Pilgrims Knob, VA, Robby Proffitt of Oakwood, VA; sisters Peggy (Larry) McGinnis of Rosedale, VA, Ester Smith of Pounding Mill, VA, Kathy Horn of Abingdon, VA, Virginia (Joseph) Anthony of MD, Wanda Horn, Violet (Kermit) Rife and June Keene all of Pilgrims Knob, VA, Nina (Roger) Whited of Raven, VA, Dora Gragg of Pilgrims Knob, VA, Linda Proffitt of Raven, Va; brothers Lawrence (Norma) Horn of Pilgrims Knob, VA, James (Phylliss) Horn of Abingdon, VA, Gallie (Wilma) Horn, Jr of Pilgrims Knob, VA.
She is also survived by fifteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Vina Ellen Horn Proffitt Barker will be conducted at the Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of Keen Mountain, VA, Monday, July 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverends Shawn Rife and Todd Rife officiating. Burial will follow in the Crockett-Rife Cemetery on Spruce Pine Road, Pilgrims Knob, VA.
Active pallbearers will be Robby Proffitt, Shawn Helton, Justin Lester, Ira Rowe, Randy McReynolds, Jeff Wampler.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dale Dotson, Dustin Helton, Alex Rowe, Jerry Brewer, Sean Hutchinson.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Sunday, July 20, 2014 after 6:00 p.m. with evening services to be held at 7:00 p.m (findagrave.com)