Bonnie O. Barney

Bonnie O. Barney of Fayetteville passed away on Monday April 18, 2016. She was born in 1928 in Phoenix, Arizona. A large part of her childhood through young adult years were spent in Malmo, Sweden before returning to the United States after World War II. Bonnie worked as an administrative assistant for Gulf Oil in Salt Lake City, Utah where she met her husband, Emmet Barney. They lived in several western states before moving to south Arkansas in 1975. Eventually, they moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in the mid-1980s. After raising her family, she returned to work as the Scholarship Coordinator for the University of Arkansas Alumni Association. She worked there until she retired, touching many lives along the way. Bonnie was an avid outdoors-person that enjoyed snow skiing and hiking in the mountains of Utah. She was an extraordinary cook, creating countless memorable holiday meals. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and the Asbury Sunday School class. Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, Emmet, her sister, Norma Southworth, her mother, Gladys, father, Lloyd, and stepfather, Henry. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be missed by many. She is survived by her daughter, Becky Barney Goff and her husband, Ken of Farmington, two sons, R. Stuart Barney and his wife Angela of Phoenix, Arizona, and Robert Barney and his fiancee Lisa Davis of Greenville, Texas. She had six grandchildren, Mackenzie and Lauren Goff of Farmington, Coleman and Bruce Barney of Greenville, Texas, and Holden and Jase Barney of Phoenix, Arizona, as well as many loving nieces, nephews and friends around the world. Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday. April 21, 2016 at Moore's Chapel. Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Friday at Central United Methodist Church followed by burial at Fairview Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Moore's Chapel. Donations may be made to Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1106, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702 or University of Arkansas Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, 491 N. Razorback Rd., Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.