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Laverne Wiley Obituary
Bonnie dedicated 15 years as an electrical engineer at ACC Rebuilders and later served as a front office administrator at Camilla Towers. She was a faithful member of Lutheran Baptist Church, actively participating in the Pastor Aide Committee and contributing to various church programs.
Bonnie was a loving, kind, and giving person, yet she was known for her stern demeanor when necessary. She leaves behind a legacy of love and cherished memories with her four sisters, Mary Ann Phillips, Parry Jones, Vanessa Johnson, and Irene Gentry; her children, Constance Irving-Wiley, Albert Wiley, Dawn Wiley-White, Edwina Tucker; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren, alongside many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Fannie Thompson; her husband, Albert Wiley; siblings, Arthur Jean Thompson, Joseph Anthony Hopkins, Donald Hopkins; and her son, Baron Keith Wiley.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Lutheran Baptist Church, 3211 Red Bud Road, Memphis, TN. Visitation and viewing of the body will be from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, followed immediately by the service at 11:00 am.
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Valarie Mitchell Eaton
August 9, 2025
Your Mother was a VERY LOVED LADY
SHE LOVED and was LOVED DEARLY
UOU. the Family LEARNED from her and You will carry what you learned Daily into the rest of your Lives. I knew your mother as a Very young girl on fifth street, to a young lady teenager on Pearce street. Ms BONNIE and my mother Ada were friends in before Connie and I were born. SHE IS IN A VERY GOOD PLACE NOW. NO MORE HURT,.NO MORE PAIN. GOD TOLD HER THAT HER JOB WAS FINISHED HERE AND IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO RETURN HOME. HE CLOSED HER EYES AND TOLD HER TO PUT ON HER WINGS. YOU THE FAMILY REMEMBER ALL SHE TOLD AND TAUGHT. LOVE YOU ALL VALARIE MITCHELL
Theresa Hunter
August 7, 2025
Your heart soon will be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived. God bless you all
Love Lil Lynn
Kenneth Brewer
August 6, 2025
Rest in peace Ms.Bonnie.
TRAVIS F GENTRY
August 6, 2025
What cant be said about this amazing woman....She was warm,caring,loving,forceful...She opened her heart and home to her whole family and their extended family and their friends...and she would pack your car down with people who wanted to go but didn't have a way()she made sure everybody was included and felt included no matter what.....Im speaking from & for all of her nieces and nephews...We love you and thank you for everything you did for us.
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Tina Adams
August 6, 2025
My sweet sweet Bonnie, you will surely be missed. I will always cherish from day one meeting you,and since that time your love for me never waivered. That infectious laugh and your love for your family is the comfort I found in your passing. Your granddaughter loved you tremendously and I am so thankful that while you were in the land of the living she spent precious time with you!! There is a tear in her eye, but in her heart is a reserved section of love just for you!!! Rest In Heaven
Jerome & Deanna Brewer
August 6, 2025
Mrs. Bonnie you will truly be missed. You never met a stranger and anyone that came to your house was well fed. Rejoice in paradise.
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