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Nov. 11, 2025

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Clay Bonner Obituary

Clay O. Bonner

Clay O. Bonner, age 70, of Gary and Highland, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at Community Hospital in Munster.

He leaves to cherish his memory, wife, Wanda C. Scott; mother-in-love, Prudence Scott; one brother, Kenneth (Senovia) Bonner; four sisters, Gail (L.C.) Mangum, Cherie (Stanley) Butts, Joan Dennis, and Ester Janette Smith Cobb; special brother, Michael (Candy) Eldridge; and a host of nieces; nephews; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 11 a.m. at Sweet Home Baptist Church 3634 W. 11th Avenue, Gary, with visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the funeral service. Rev. Marlon Mack, officiating. Interment Fern Oak Cemetery, Griffith.

Hinton and Williams Funeral Home is honored to be of service to the Bonner and Scott families during their time of loss.
Published by The Times on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Sweet Home Baptist Church

3634 W. 11th Avenue, Gary, IN

Nov

11

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Sweet Home Baptist Church

3634 W. 11th Avenue, Gary, IN

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Hinton & Williams Funeral Home

4859 Alexander Ave, East Chicago, IN 46312

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