Barbara Ann Harness Obituary (1936

Barbara Ann (Bobbie) Harness, age 83, passed away peacefully at her home in Mannford. Services have been entrusted to the care of Dillon Funeral Service. Visitation will be 2:00pm-8:00pm, Monday, August 5, 2019 at Legacy Chapel 1200 N Cleveland, Sands Springs, Ok 74063. A Celebration of Barbara life will be 10:00am, Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the funeral home Chapel. Barbara touched so many lives in many ways. Barbara was born May 5, 1936, to Chester and Ruby (Perryman) Parent in West Plains, MO. Barbara married the love of her life, Foster Joy Harness on December 30, 1952. Together they would raise 4 boys and 4 girls. Bobbie was widowed December 16, 2016 as she laid Joy to rest after 64 years 11 months and 11days of marriage. They ran numerous successful businesses during their years of marriage. They had Harness and Sons Wrecker service and The Bait shop to mention a few. Barbara loved gardening and could hardly wait to get her planting done come first sign of Spring. She always had the best vegetables and always in abundance. Her flowers always seemed to flourish under her green thumb. At one time Barbara was an active member of the Eastern Star Mothers as her 3 of her 4 sons served in the army and later retired from the service. Barbara was not the type to sit still. If she wasn't in the garden, she would be behind the sewing machine. She had so many talents when it came to a needle a thread. She also loved to cook and to can the vegetables from her home-grown garden. She always had an abundance of vegetables. If you came to visit, you always left with canned or fresh items from her garden. If you didn't find her there, then you would find her sitting in a chair with a book in her hand and a cup of coffee. Survivors include her 4 sons: Ron Harness and wife Linda of Broken Arrow, Ok, Don Harness and wife Karen of Tulsa, OK, Mike Harness and wife Denise of Mannford, OK, Joel Wayne Harness and wife Shanna of Mannford, Ok. 4 daughters: Annette Harness of Mannford, Ok, Kim and husband Les Evans of Mannford, Ok, Shelly Harness of Oolagah, Ok and Connie Shipley of Mannford, Ok. Bobbie also has 23 grandchildren and numerous Great Grands along with many Great-Great Grands and a host of friends and relatives. She was proceeded in death by her husband Foster Joy Harness: her Son Jimmy Dean: her Parents Chester and Ruby (Perryman) Parent: her sister Roberta (Bertie) Saylor: her granddaughter Melissa Sue Johnson: her great - great granddaughter Alana.