Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries




[From Capps Memorial website:]

CARL YATES (UNCLE PETE) BONNER
June 3, 1924 - November 26, 2011

BIOGRAPHY
  Carl Yates (Uncle Pete) Bonner, 87, of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, 
November 26, 2011 in Fairfield. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, 
November 29, 2011 at Capps Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Bonner 
Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2011 
at Capps Memorial Chapel. 
  Mr. Bonner was born June 3, 1924 in the Stewards Mill community of Freestone 
County, to parents Paul Young Bonner and Lula May Willard Bonner. He graduated 
from Fairfield High School in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army in Ft. Lewis, 
Washington. He married Lena Fay Canady on June 4, 1949 in Streetman. Mr. Bonner 
enjoyed hunting during his life. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bonner was 
preceded in death by by three brothers, Ben Bonner; Ernest Clyde Bonner; 
Charles Travis Bonner; and a sister, Mary Pauline Lambert. 
  Left to cherish his memory is his wife Lena of Fairfield; two daughters, 
Susan Kennard and husband Charles Richard Kennard of Henderson, TX; Carla 
Bonner of Plano, TX; four grandchildren, Melody Pine and husband David of Krum, 
TX; Jennifer Knecht and husband Dwayne of Cleveland, TX; John Kennard and wife 
Tia of Orem, Utah; Karen Yellott and husband Roland of Hallsville, TX; four 
great-grandchildren, Reagan Knecht; Daniel Knecht; Jocelyn Knecht; Helen 
Kennard. 

FACTS
Born: June 3, 1924; Death: November 26, 2011; Occupation: Rancher

SERVICES
Visitation
Monday November 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel 

Funeral Service
Tuesday November 29, 2011, 10:00 a.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel 

Interment
Tuesday November 29, 2011 at Bonner Cemetery