Freestone County, Texas Obituaries [This is James Andrew Bonner who married Mattie Adline Barnett in Dec 8, 1887 in Freestone Co., TX and is buried at Eureka Cemetery in Eureka.] Dallas Morning News November 5, 1947 edition J. A. Bonner, 81, Eureka Pioneer, Dies Special to The News CORSICANA, Texas, Nov. 5. - J. A. Bonner, 81, died at his home at Eureka late Wednesday. Funeral will be held a Eureka Friday afternoon. Born at Fairfield, Jan. 7, 1866, he had resided at Eureka for sixty years. He was prominent in Masonic and political circles. Surviving are six sons, four daughters, twenty-two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Sons will be pallbearers.