Bonnie Lois Williams, 77, of Harrisonburg, passed from this life on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at home surrounded by those who loved her.
She was born Tuesday, January 25, 1944 in Harrisonburg to the union of her parents, Columbus and Ethel Townsend.
Bonnie spent many of her years in Houston, Texas with her husband Joe and their children Donna, Grover and Carol, where she was a mother first and foremost and that was the only job she needed. She and Joe moved back to Harrisonburg in 2007 and spent their remaining years with family and friends.
Services were held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 15, in the chapel of Young’s Funeral Home in Jonesville with Rev. James King officiating.
A graveside service followed at the Harrisonburg Cemetery under direction of Young’s Funeral Home of Jonesville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe Williams; and grandson Jamie Lightle.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Donna Skains and husband JR of Kingwood, TX; son, Grover Williams and wife Valerie of Houston, TX; daughter, Carol Lightle and husband Chris of Pooler, GA; granddaughters, Brittany Etheridge and husband Neil of Austin, TX, and Mallory Skains of Austin, TX; grandsons, James Skains of Kingwood, TX; Jacob Lightle of Pooler, GA, and Joseph Taylor of Houston, TX; great granddaughter, Hannah Brewer; great grandsons, Connor Etheridge, Ronan Etheridge, Aiden Lightle, and Lincoln Lightle; brother, Joe Townsend of Porter, TX; sister, Joyce Eubanks and husband Jerry of Enterprise; sister, Irma Clifton and husband Bobby of Cleveland, TX; and brother; Donnie Townsend and wife Terri of Jonesville, LA.
Pallbearers were JR Skains, James Skains, Justin Eubanks, Grover Williams, Jacob Lightle and Jesse Wiley.