Bonnie Ester Bruner, 71, of Vine Grove, Ky., left this life March 25, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving children and husband.
She attended SOSU’s Home Economics degree program to use these skills to cater weddings. She was an excellent cook and became a dietary manager. Later, she worked in the cafeteria at John Hardin Middle School in Hardin County, Ky. She was a talented seamstress who made a variety of clothing including uniforms for the Durant HS Flag Corps. She enjoyed doing many arts, crafts and ceramics. When she resided in Durant she was a member of First Assembly of God. After her personal relationship with God, she most cherished her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren.
She was born April 5, 1947 to the late John Guthrie, and Lillian Mae Hudson Thweatt.
She was preceded in death by a sister Francis Innis.
She is survived by her husband Dalton H. Bruner; children: Tammy (Hugh Clay) Fortenberry of Durant, Okla., Sam (Kathy) Lomping of Kingston, Okla., and Bridget (Jimmy) Garrison of Stringtown, Okla.; step-children: Jennifer (Kenny) Rogers of Henderson, Nev., and Danny Bruner of Henderson, NV; sisters: June Massey of Minco, Okla., and Priscilla Thweatt of Henderson, Nev.; brothers: John (Janice) Thweatt of Chickasha, Okla., and Jim Thweatt of Yucapia, Calif.; Oklahoma grandchildren: Tiffany, William, Brandon, Chelsea, Vincent, Cherokee, Mandelyn, Racer, Carla and 4 grandchildren in Nevada; and many great-grandchildren
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A chapel service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, April 1, 2019 at the Holmes~Coffey~Murray Chapel in Durant with Dr. John Breon officiating. The family will gather in the chapel one hour before the service. Burial will follow the service at the Highland Cemetery in Durant. The pallbearers will be William Fortenberry, Brandon Lomping, Vincent Lomping, Cherokee Evans, Racer Evans and Joe Bates.
Services are under the direction of Holmes~Coffey~Murray Funeral Home in Durant. www.holmescoffeymurray.com