Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Lillie Mae (Lansford) Bonner
May 7, 1926 - November 24, 2012

Lillie Mae Bonner, 86, of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012 in 
Fairfield. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Capps 
Memorial Chapel with Mr. David Filis and Rev. T. Paul Kethley officiating. 
Interment will follow at Bonner Cemetery. 

Mrs. Bonner was born May 7, 1926 in the Wortham area; to parents Nathaniel and 
Lillie Belle Chapman Lansford. She was a lifetime area resident. She married 
Joel A. Bonner on March 11, 1946 in Wortham. She was a member of the First 
United Methodist Church of Fairfield. 

Lillie Mae was a talented artist who completed many crochet, sewing, arts and 
crafts projects during her lifetime. She enjoyed these avenues of creativity. 
Lillie Mae was always surrounded by family whom she loved very much. They were 
a tremendous joy in her daily activities. In addition to her parents she was 
preceded in death by one brother, Tommy Lansford; two sisters, Alice Ryno and 
Beatrice Rosser. 

Left to cherish her memory is her husband Joel A. Bonner; two sons, Joel (Jody) 
Andrew Bonner Jr. and wife Barbara of Fairfield; Larry Lansford Bonner of 
Longview; five grandchildren, Jason Andrew Bonner of Bryan-College Station; Joel 
Matthew Bonner of Fairfield; Larry Kent Bonner and wife Sarah of Mexia; Aimee 
Michele Posey and husband Michael of Fairfield; Tiffany Kay Ellis and husband 
John of Longview; seven great-grandchildren, Larry Kent Bonner, Jr., Karlie Bonner, 
Michael Blake Posey, Paige Michele Posey, Addison Elise Posey, Dylan Anderson 
and Coen Andrew Ellis. 

VISITATION
Monday November 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel 

FUNERAL SERVICE
Tuesday November 27, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel 

INTERMENT
Tuesday November 27, 2012 at Bonner Cemetery 

FACTS
Born: May 7, 1926
Place of Birth: Wortham, Texas
Death: November 24, 2012
Place of Death: Fairfield, Texas
Organizations: First United Methodist Church