Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Obit of Sarah Hope Robinson (23 May 1860 - 1 Oct 1935; wife of Oliver Young Bonner;
   daughter of James Bonner and Elizabeth Ann (Bonner) Robinson.) 


Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Oct 9, 1935 edition

"...From her chair in her home at Fairfield, having uttered a word of
soliciation for the physical welfare and safety of a little grandson, Mrs. O.
Y. Bonner, October 1, 1935, was called to swell Death's endless procession
marching over the hills of time...
... In 1877, while a student at Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina, when
a young lady of seventeen, having been born May 23, 1860, Sallie Hope Robinson
surrendered his life to Christ....
...On December 30, 1883 she was married to Mr. O. Y. Bonner and thus
established a home in that faith.  To this union was born ten children, all of
whom survive but one daughter who died in infancy, Jim Billie, Bettie, Paul,
Tom, John L., Joel, Hunter, Oliver, and Sneed.  They rise up and call her
blessed...."

=================================================

Fairfield Recorder newspaper - 1935 - Unknown specific date

"Native Pioneer
   Woman Dies At 
     Fairfield Home
     -------
  Mrs. O. Y. Bonner, aged 75, died 
at her home in Fairfield at 11 
o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial was 
in the Bonner graveyard north of 
Steward Mill, Wednesday afternoon
in the presence of a large gathering 
from many sections of the state. The
Rev. J. W. Simpson conducted the 
services.
   Mrs. Bonner was born in Freestone
county and her family was one of the 
earliest to settle here.  She is survived 
by one brother, John L. Robinson,
near Streetman, and the following
children: J. B. Bonner of Steward
Mill, Miss Bettie Bonner of Fairfield,
Paul Bonner of Steward Mill; Tom Bonner 
of Streetman, Joel, Hunter and Sneed
Bonner of Fairfield, and a large
number of grandchildren and other
relatives."
"