April 17, 1935 – Aug. 30, 2021
Bonnie F. Edwards, 86, of Leesville, passed away Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.
She was born April 17, 1935, in Lawrence County, to Lawrence and Hattie (Pate) Speer. She married Gerald Edwards in 1953 and he preceded her in death in March of 2011. Bonnie attended Shawswick High School and was a member of Pinhook Church of Christ. She retired from the Listo Pencil company in California and had worked at Kresge’s and the Dollar Store.
Surviving to cherish Bonnie’s memory are her children, Diana (George) Thym, Pamela (Victor George) Sepulveda, and Gerald (Sandra Lee) Edwards; nine grandchildren, Daniel, Michelle, William, Amanda, Katherine, Emily, Sara, Garrett, and Jeffrey; fifteen great-grandchildren, Sophia, Isabella, David, Steven, Joseph, Kayla, Marissa, Makayla, Michael, Charlotte, Beau, Eli, Ethan, Robert, and Katherine; and four great-great-grandchildren, Michael, Lauren, Gabriel, and Braden.
Preceding Bonnie in death were her parents; husband; great-great-grandson, Landon; nine siblings, Melvin, Helen, Arthur, Carolyn, Catherine, Betty, Robert, Marie, and Harold; and longtime companion, Charlie Myers.
Funeral services for Bonnie will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at the Ferguson-Lee Chapel of Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes in Bedford with Phil Thorne officiating. Burial will follow in Pinhook Cemetery. Visitation for Bonnie will be Friday, beginning at 10:00 a.m and continuing until the hour of service, also at Ferguson-Lee Chapel.
Online condolences to the family may be sent to www.FergusonLee.com.
