Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Obit of Leslie Lee Bonner, MD.


Fairfield Recorder, April 1981 [unknown day]

Services Held for Noted Doctor

   Funeral services were held for L. L. Bonner last week, bringing to an end a
   brillant medical career in Freestone County spanning some 42 years.
   Heralded by many of the most famous medical clinics in the nation as a
   gifted surgeon with much promise for greatness, Dr. Bonner chose, instead,
   to live out his life of service to his fellowman in the community and area
   where he was reared.
   He was born Jan. 29, 1913, the son of the late Tom R. and Mrs. Laura Bonner
   of Fairfield and lived here all of his life.  He died in Fairfield Memorial
   Hospital, a facility which was born out of the old Freestone County Hospital
   which Dr. Bonner was instrumental in helping to build in the late 1940's,
   [Note- original is missing some sentences apparently] on March 30 following
   a lingering illness.
   Services were held at Kiber-Capps Funeral Home at 2 p.m., March 31 and
   internment followed in Bonner cemetery near Stewards Mill.  Rev. Eugene
   Wood, pastor of Fairfield-Harmony Presbyterian Church officiated and Mrs.
   Watt Newman provided organ music.  
  Dr. Bonner was a member of the Presbyterian church, Masonic Lodge, Shrine and
  American Medical Association, and, until prevented by ill health, was
  actively involved in community affairs.
   Survivors include his wife, Clara Elizabeth (Bess) Bonner of Fairfield; one
   son, Lesile Reed Bonner of Dallas; two daughters, Sally Bonner Awalt and
   Catherine Ann Bonner Eppes of Fairfield; one sister, Annie Laura Wood of
   Fairfield; three brothers, Edd R. Bonner, Hugh Bonner, and Tom R Bonner Jr,
   all of Fairfield; his mother, Mrs. Laura Bonner of Fairfield;  eight
   grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
    Pallbearers were Michael Edd Bonner, Andrew Bonner, Forrest Wood Jr, Billy
    Hugh Bonner Jr, Frank Watson Bonner, Warren David Awalt Sr, Jeffery Lee
    Awalt, Jack Mullen Eppes and Tom Reid Bonner.  Honorary Pallbearers were
    Dr. Dave ????, Dr. James Jeter, Ben Bonner, and Freestone County Medical
    Society.  
    Kibler-Capps funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
    
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Corsicana Weekly Light (Corsicana, Texas)  
Thursday, April 9, 1981 - Page 2
    
    Dr. L. L. Bonner

Dr. L. L. Bonner of Fairfield, died Monday morning in Fairfield 
Memorial Hospital. He was 68.

Service was 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kibler-Capps Chapel. Burial  
in Bonner Cemetery.

He practiced medicine for 42 years.  He was a member of the 
Presbyterian Church and a Mason.
 
Survivors are his wife Clara Elizabeth Bonner, of Fairfield, two daughters, 
Sally Bonner Awalt, of Fairfield, and Ann Bonner Eppes of Fairfield; one son, 
Lesile Reed Bonner of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Laura Bonner of Fairfield; eight 
grandchildren; one sister, Annie Laura Wood of Fairfield; three brothers, Edd R. 
Bonner, Hugh Bonner, and Tom Bonner, all of Fairfield.