Vane Lou Stepp:
(Pronounced "Vonna")
Birth Date: November 9, 1934
Birth Place: Near Bias, Mingo County, West
Virginia, USA
Death Date: Unknown
Burial: Starr Cemetery, Caney Branch of
Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia,
USA
Father: Basil "Baz" Stepp (1880-1936)
Mother: Briza (Davis) Starr (1903-2007)
“Bonnie”, a remembrance:
Although only about 5 years old at the time, I remember "Bonnie" laying in her casket on Grandma Lears ("Maw") Steamer trunk (which she used to store her personal items) beside Grandma Lear's bed. I remember saying "I want Bonnie to wake up now". My mom walked away crying and I asked why was she crying, a lady holding my hand said "hush honey", and the memory ends there. “Bonnie” was buried the next day.
I have been told that Vane's nickname "Bonnie" was acquired because that was the way I pronounced "Vane", when I was too young to say it properly. Her name, actually, was pronounced "Vonna".
"Bonnie" is buried in an unmarked grave in the Starr Cemetery, high up on the hill at the mouth of Caney Branch of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia, also known as
the Caney Cemetery. -----Russell L. Lawrence
(Pronounced "Vonna")
Birth Date: November 9, 1934
Birth Place: Near Bias, Mingo County, West
Virginia, USA
Death Date: Unknown
Burial: Starr Cemetery, Caney Branch of
Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia,
USA
Father: Basil "Baz" Stepp (1880-1936)
Mother: Briza (Davis) Starr (1903-2007)
“Bonnie”, a remembrance:
Although only about 5 years old at the time, I remember "Bonnie" laying in her casket on Grandma Lears ("Maw") Steamer trunk (which she used to store her personal items) beside Grandma Lear's bed. I remember saying "I want Bonnie to wake up now". My mom walked away crying and I asked why was she crying, a lady holding my hand said "hush honey", and the memory ends there. “Bonnie” was buried the next day.
I have been told that Vane's nickname "Bonnie" was acquired because that was the way I pronounced "Vane", when I was too young to say it properly. Her name, actually, was pronounced "Vonna".
"Bonnie" is buried in an unmarked grave in the Starr Cemetery, high up on the hill at the mouth of Caney Branch of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia, also known as
the Caney Cemetery. -----Russell L. Lawrence
Vane Lou Stepp:
(Pronounced "Vonna")
Birth Date: November 9, 1934
Birth Place: Near Bias, Mingo County, West
Virginia, USA
Death Date: Unknown
Burial: Starr Cemetery, Caney Branch of
Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia,
USA
Father: Basil "Baz" Stepp (1880-1936)
Mother: Briza (Davis) Starr (1903-2007)
“Bonnie”, a remembrance:
Although only about 5 years old at the time, I remember "Bonnie" laying in her casket on Grandma Lears ("Maw") Steamer trunk (which she used to store her personal items) beside Grandma Lear's bed. I remember saying "I want Bonnie to wake up now". My mom walked away crying and I asked why was she crying, a lady holding my hand said "hush honey", and the memory ends there. “Bonnie” was buried the next day.
I have been told that Vane's nickname "Bonnie" was acquired because that was the way I pronounced "Vane", when I was too young to say it properly. Her name, actually, was pronounced "Vonna".
"Bonnie" is buried in an unmarked grave in the Starr Cemetery, high up on the hill at the mouth of Caney Branch of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia, also known as
the Caney Cemetery. -----Russell L. Lawrence
(Pronounced "Vonna")
Birth Date: November 9, 1934
Birth Place: Near Bias, Mingo County, West
Virginia, USA
Death Date: Unknown
Burial: Starr Cemetery, Caney Branch of
Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia,
USA
Father: Basil "Baz" Stepp (1880-1936)
Mother: Briza (Davis) Starr (1903-2007)
“Bonnie”, a remembrance:
Although only about 5 years old at the time, I remember "Bonnie" laying in her casket on Grandma Lears ("Maw") Steamer trunk (which she used to store her personal items) beside Grandma Lear's bed. I remember saying "I want Bonnie to wake up now". My mom walked away crying and I asked why was she crying, a lady holding my hand said "hush honey", and the memory ends there. “Bonnie” was buried the next day.
I have been told that Vane's nickname "Bonnie" was acquired because that was the way I pronounced "Vane", when I was too young to say it properly. Her name, actually, was pronounced "Vonna".
"Bonnie" is buried in an unmarked grave in the Starr Cemetery, high up on the hill at the mouth of Caney Branch of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, West Virginia, also known as
the Caney Cemetery. -----Russell L. Lawrence
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