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BONNER, GRACE MRS. NORFLEET b.1886 d.Mar.26,1936 MAGNOLIA-COLLIERVILLE,TENN Mrs. Ray Bonner Dies in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital This Morning: Mrs. Ray Bonner, formerly Grace Norfleet, well beloved and distinguished lady of Forrest City, passed away this morning at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis where she had been taken day before yesterday due to a heart complication. She was well known here and in North Mississippi and Western Tennessee and came fom a distinguished line of ancestry. Mrs. Bonner was born at Marshall Institute, Marshall Co., Mississippi. Her father was the late John Randolph Norfleet of Forrest City who was a lineal descendant of John Randolph, eminent statesman in the National Congress and of Virginia for more than a quarter of a century and her mother, the late Martha Benton Norfleet, was a close blood relative of Thomas Benton, U.S. Senator of Missouri for more than twenty years. She was a sister of the late Marvin Brooks Norfleet, prominent lawyer and state senator of this district. Mrs. Bonner moved to Forrest City from the former Norfleet home in Collierville, Tenn., with her family before her marriage, in 1909, and she married her surviving husband, Ray Bonner, at Forrest City on Jan.29,1912. She was an active and loyal church member, affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was junior church choir leader. Mrs. Bonner had outstanding musical talent and was a member of the local Musical Coterie and was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Bonner was known as one who held duty most dear and was possessed of a great capacity for loyalty and friendship. She never seemed indisposed when any personal ministration was required and delighted in giving, unstinted, her every effort to those about her. Mrs. Bonner is survived by her husband, Ray Bonner of Forrest City, two sisters, Mrs. Cora Marshall and Mrs. N.E. Rice of Forrest City, a brother, W. W. Norfleet of Collierville, Tenn., a niece, Mrs. R.H. Carlisle and nephews, Edmond T. Norfleet and Marvin B. Norfleet of Forrest City, grand nieces, Martha and Betty Carlisle and grand nephews, Marshall Carlisle and M. Brooks Norfleet, Jr. of Forrest City. Burial at Collierville, Tenn.Per Death Certificate: Age 50
BONNER, GRACE MRS. NORFLEET b.1886 d.Mar.26,1936 MAGNOLIA-COLLIERVILLE,TENN Mrs. Ray Bonner Dies in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital This Morning: Mrs. Ray Bonner, formerly Grace Norfleet, well beloved and distinguished lady of Forrest City, passed away this morning at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis where she had been taken day before yesterday due to a heart complication. She was well known here and in North Mississippi and Western Tennessee and came fom a distinguished line of ancestry. Mrs. Bonner was born at Marshall Institute, Marshall Co., Mississippi. Her father was the late John Randolph Norfleet of Forrest City who was a lineal descendant of John Randolph, eminent statesman in the National Congress and of Virginia for more than a quarter of a century and her mother, the late Martha Benton Norfleet, was a close blood relative of Thomas Benton, U.S. Senator of Missouri for more than twenty years. She was a sister of the late Marvin Brooks Norfleet, prominent lawyer and state senator of this district. Mrs. Bonner moved to Forrest City from the former Norfleet home in Collierville, Tenn., with her family before her marriage, in 1909, and she married her surviving husband, Ray Bonner, at Forrest City on Jan.29,1912. She was an active and loyal church member, affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was junior church choir leader. Mrs. Bonner had outstanding musical talent and was a member of the local Musical Coterie and was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Bonner was known as one who held duty most dear and was possessed of a great capacity for loyalty and friendship. She never seemed indisposed when any personal ministration was required and delighted in giving, unstinted, her every effort to those about her. Mrs. Bonner is survived by her husband, Ray Bonner of Forrest City, two sisters, Mrs. Cora Marshall and Mrs. N.E. Rice of Forrest City, a brother, W. W. Norfleet of Collierville, Tenn., a niece, Mrs. R.H. Carlisle and nephews, Edmond T. Norfleet and Marvin B. Norfleet of Forrest City, grand nieces, Martha and Betty Carlisle and grand nephews, Marshall Carlisle and M. Brooks Norfleet, Jr. of Forrest City. Burial at Collierville, Tenn.Per Death Certificate: Age 50
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BONNER, GRACE MRS. NORFLEET b.1886 d.Mar.26,1936 MAGNOLIA-COLLIERVILLE,TENN Mrs. Ray Bonner Dies in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital This Morning: Mrs. Ray Bonner, formerly Grace Norfleet, well beloved and distinguished lady of Forrest City, passed away this morning at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis where she had been taken day before yesterday due to a heart complication. She was well known here and in North Mississippi and Western Tennessee and came fom a distinguished line of ancestry. Mrs. Bonner was born at Marshall Institute, Marshall Co., Mississippi. Her father was the late John Randolph Norfleet of Forrest City who was a lineal descendant of John Randolph, eminent statesman in the National Congress and of Virginia for more than a quarter of a century and her mother, the late Martha Benton Norfleet, was a close blood relative of Thomas Benton, U.S. Senator of Missouri for more than twenty years. She was a sister of the late Marvin Brooks Norfleet, prominent lawyer and state senator of this district. Mrs. Bonner moved to Forrest City from the former Norfleet home in Collierville, Tenn., with her family before her marriage, in 1909, and she married her surviving husband, Ray Bonner, at Forrest City on Jan.29,1912. She was an active and loyal church member, affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was junior church choir leader. Mrs. Bonner had outstanding musical talent and was a member of the local Musical Coterie and was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Bonner was known as one who held duty most dear and was possessed of a great capacity for loyalty and friendship. She never seemed indisposed when any personal ministration was required and delighted in giving, unstinted, her every effort to those about her. Mrs. Bonner is survived by her husband, Ray Bonner of Forrest City, two sisters, Mrs. Cora Marshall and Mrs. N.E. Rice of Forrest City, a brother, W. W. Norfleet of Collierville, Tenn., a niece, Mrs. R.H. Carlisle and nephews, Edmond T. Norfleet and Marvin B. Norfleet of Forrest City, grand nieces, Martha and Betty Carlisle and grand nephews, Marshall Carlisle and M. Brooks Norfleet, Jr. of Forrest City. Burial at Collierville, Tenn.Per Death Certificate: Age 50
BONNER, GRACE MRS. NORFLEET b.1886 d.Mar.26,1936 MAGNOLIA-COLLIERVILLE,TENN Mrs. Ray Bonner Dies in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital This Morning: Mrs. Ray Bonner, formerly Grace Norfleet, well beloved and distinguished lady of Forrest City, passed away this morning at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis where she had been taken day before yesterday due to a heart complication. She was well known here and in North Mississippi and Western Tennessee and came fom a distinguished line of ancestry. Mrs. Bonner was born at Marshall Institute, Marshall Co., Mississippi. Her father was the late John Randolph Norfleet of Forrest City who was a lineal descendant of John Randolph, eminent statesman in the National Congress and of Virginia for more than a quarter of a century and her mother, the late Martha Benton Norfleet, was a close blood relative of Thomas Benton, U.S. Senator of Missouri for more than twenty years. She was a sister of the late Marvin Brooks Norfleet, prominent lawyer and state senator of this district. Mrs. Bonner moved to Forrest City from the former Norfleet home in Collierville, Tenn., with her family before her marriage, in 1909, and she married her surviving husband, Ray Bonner, at Forrest City on Jan.29,1912. She was an active and loyal church member, affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was junior church choir leader. Mrs. Bonner had outstanding musical talent and was a member of the local Musical Coterie and was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Bonner was known as one who held duty most dear and was possessed of a great capacity for loyalty and friendship. She never seemed indisposed when any personal ministration was required and delighted in giving, unstinted, her every effort to those about her. Mrs. Bonner is survived by her husband, Ray Bonner of Forrest City, two sisters, Mrs. Cora Marshall and Mrs. N.E. Rice of Forrest City, a brother, W. W. Norfleet of Collierville, Tenn., a niece, Mrs. R.H. Carlisle and nephews, Edmond T. Norfleet and Marvin B. Norfleet of Forrest City, grand nieces, Martha and Betty Carlisle and grand nephews, Marshall Carlisle and M. Brooks Norfleet, Jr. of Forrest City. Burial at Collierville, Tenn.Per Death Certificate: Age 50
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