Freestone County, Texas Obituaries ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Freestone Co, Tx - Obit of Annie Laura Willard (wife of Tom Robinson Bonner) Fairfield Recorder - October 8, 1981- page 2B "Laura Bonner Funeral services for Laura Willard Bonner were held at Kibler-Capps Funeral Home Chapel on Oct 3, 1981 with Rev. Claude Decelle officating. Interment was beside her husband in Bonner Cemetery. A life-long resident of Freestone County, Annie Laura Willard was born Dec 30, 1892 in the Lake's Chapel Community. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Elizabeth Yates Willard. She died at her home in Fairfield on Oct 2, 1981 after a lengthy illness. She married Tom Robinson Bonner on April 17, 1912 and they made their home in the Bonnerville community before moving to Fairfield in 1918. They operated Bonner's Grocery Store here until his death in 1961. Mrs. Bonner was a member of First Baptist Church and a former Sunday School teacher. She also held membership in the Fairfield History Club and served as treasurer of the Moody-Bradley House Restoration. She was a 61 year member and Past Matron of Fairfield Chapter No. 331, Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Forrest (Babe) Wood and three sons, Edd Bonner, Hugh Bonner, and Tom Bonner, all of Fairfield. One son, Dr. L. L. Bonner, preceeded her in death last March. Other survivors include ten grandchildren: Sally Awaly, Ann Epps, Andy Bonner, Bill Bonner, and Sara Wren of Fairfield; Lesile R. Bonner of Dallas; Sue Wilson of San Jose, California; Dr. F. E. (Buddy) Wood, Jr. of Hattiesburg, Miss; Mike Bonner of Tyler and twenty great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Florence Childs and Mattie McAdams, of Fairfield and three brothers, Vernon Willard and Tommie Willard of Fairfield and Joe Willard of Dallas."