Bonnie Bell Farnham Carter

Bonnie Bell Farnham Carter, age 94, a longtime resident of Baton Rouge departed this life on Tuesday February 23, 2016. Relatives and friends are invited to attend visitation at Seale Funeral Home Denham Springs location. Visitation will be Saturday February 27 from 9 to 11 followed by service and burial in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Bonnie was born at her parents' home surrounded by the beautiful rolling hills of Covington County Mississippi on January 13, 1922. She was the third daughter born into her family which would become four daughters and one son. Bonnie met Asa (Acie) Benjamin Carter, he lived in Hot Coffee, Mississippi. He hitched a ride on the school bus Bonnie was on and sat next to her. They married on December 9, 1939. Bonnie and Acie moved to Baton Rouge for job opportunities and to be near her sister, Irene and her husband John Strahan. Baton Rouge became their permanent home. Throughout her life Bonnie enjoyed living in Louisiana and was a fan of all things Cajun. Bonnie was a long time member of Winbourne Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. She retired from Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Bonnie and Acie had two children they loved and were very proud of. She is survived by her daughter Diana Carter Dowden, and her son Acie Mitchell Carter and wife Carolyn. She was called "Momo" by her much loved grandchildren Janis Bardsley, Cindy Shaffer, David Lea, Desiree Holden, Christina Bitter, Shane Carter, Michell Stone, and Jason Carter. She also had eleven great-grandchildren and four great-great- grandchildren. A sister Gladys Farnham McDaniel and a Sister-In-Law Minnie Lee Farnham. Bonnie loved her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Acie Benjamin Carter. Parents Joseph Harris and Rhoda Bell Pitts Farnham, sisters, Irene Strahan and Mary Lou Tillman, brother Wilson Farnham, and son-in-law Harold Dean Dowden. Pallbearers are Mitchell Bardsley, Dustin LeFeaux, Mitchell Carter, Shane Carter, Jason Carter, and Jason Stone. The family thanks Harvest Manor Nursing Home for their generous care and compassion. Please sign the online guestbook at www.sealefuneral.com.