Topic: Vonny

[Mr.OMuck]

This was posted on a vintage Martin site on FB they are interested in her D-18, Im interested in knowing who she was. I believe sh'e a light skinned African American Woman and that the picture dates from the 30's. Vonnie could be a contraction of Yvonne or some other name. Anybody have any ideas? We know for certain that its not Robert Johnson in Drag 
BTW I've put it through Google image search..nothing. I'm not assuming she has anything to do with Blues, but on the off chance......

[Mr.OMuck]

Well, Mystery partially solved. She was a Bluegrass player (D-18) from Oklahoma. The person providing this information met her but doesn't remember her last name. He wanted to buy her guitar.

[lindy]

https://www.staufferfuneralhome.com/notices/Yvonne-Zufall

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/frederick-md-happy-johnny-wife-wfmd-photo

I'm not saying that what I found answers your question ... it looks like the Vonny mentioned in the two links mostly lived and performed in Maryland, and the women in the two photos may/may not be the same, may/may not have been African American. The obituary does describe her as a guitar player. I looked at the two "Vs" in the signatures in the two photos and they look similar, but 70-80 years ago cursive writing was a lot more standardized, cf. the signatures on the Blind Blake and Blind Boy Fuller photos we're all familiar with. Lots of possible-maybe-kinda-could-be's here.

[ratherbwalkn]

Long time lurker, so thought I would give my $0.02 worth, I grew up back east and started working on the family farm at an age when I was in the single digits. First thing at 4:30am the radio came on in the barn with the farm market report brought to us by Happy Johnny he always had a lot of farm humor and information, and early on I remember he played and sang some of that hillbilly music with a lady and this may have been her. Sorry proceed, it just  brought back old memories ( while milking cows ) that I thought I would share and now Im in my late 60's spent the last 50+ years high in the rockies. Different world ( of coarse)