Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bonney, George Lester April 4, 1974
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Virginian Pilot April 6, 1974 

                 George L. Bonney, 81, Of Norfolk, Rose Expert

George Lester Bonney, 81, of 6113 Studeley Ave., Edgewater, retired tile dealer 
and horticulturist, died Thursday in a hospital. 
A native of Norfolk, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Georgie Walters Bonney 
and a son of Robert R. and Mrs. Bettie Lester Bonney. 
He was an Air Force pilot in World War I and past president of American Legion 
Post 36. He was past president of Voiture 86-40 Homme and 8 Chevaux.
For many years  he ran Bonney Tile and Terrazzo Co. in Norfolk. After his 
retirement he was in the nursery business and owned Delhaven Gardens for several 
years.
He was a rose consultant and lectured throughout Virginia to garden clubs. He 
exhibited his roses in many shows and won many prizes. 
He was a member of Edgewater Garden Club, a past president and member of 
Tidewater Rose Society and an accredited judge and consultant to American Rose 
Society. He was an honorary member of Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs and 
Virginia Peninsula Rose Society.
He was an accredited camellia judge and a member of Virginia and America 
Camellia Societies. He was past president and member of Old Dominion 
Horticultural Society, now Norfolk Botanical Gardens.
He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
He is survived by a nephew, Jesse T. Bonney of Westfield, N.J.
The body was taken to H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, where the Rosary 
will be recited Sunday at 8:30 p.m. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated Monday at 
11 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Newport Avenue and Painter Street. 
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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BONNEY, GEORGE LESTER — At a Norfolk hospital Thursday, April 4, 1974. GEORGE 
LESTER BONNEY, husband of the late Mrs. Georgie Walters Bonney and a son of the 
late Robert R. and Mrs. Settle Lester Bonney, in the 82nd year of his age.
A Requiem Mass will be celebrated Monday, April 6, 1974, in Blessed Sacrament 
Catholic Church, Newport and Painter St., at 11 a.m. A Rosary will be said in 
the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, tonight at 8:30 p.m. Burial will 
be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

Virginian-Pilot  April 7, 1974

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