Bonnie Laura Chandler, age 63, of Water Valley, MS, died at home Friday, May 23, 2008. She was born May 27, 1944 in Coffeeville, MS to the late Jessie L. and Billie M. Tharpe Chandler. She had recently retired from the Yalobusha County Department of Human Services and was a member of O’Tuckolofa Baptist Church of Water Valley, MS.
The visitation will be Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Monday, May 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at O’Tuckolofa Baptist Church in Water Valley, MS, with Bro. Dan Dickerson and Bro. Truman Scarbrough officiating. Burial will follow in Elam Cemetery with Ronnie Whitman, Lee Kelly, Kelly Pollan, Bobby Murphree, Criss Whitman, Charles Heath, and Bob Williams serving as pallbearers. Bob Chandler and Joe Ross Wright will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Miss Chandler is survived by four sisters, Melissa Jo Smith (Larry) and Sherry Crenshaw (Ron), both of Water Valley, MS, Cindy Chandler of Saucier, MS, and Rita Graham (Michael) of Pontotoc, MS; one brother, Billy Chandler (Terri) of Batesville, MS; a sister-in-law, Lawanda Chandler; three nieces, Lara Sossaman (Billy) of Courtland, MS, Melissa Morgan Smith of Southaven, MS, and Jessica Ross (Jonathan) of Grenada, MS; two nephews, Samy Wayne Chandler of Crystal Springs, MS and Daniel J. Chandler of Senatobia, MS; and a great nephew and great niece, who were the loves of her life, Ethan Garrett Sossaman and Addison Taylor Sossaman.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas J. Chandler.