Pickering Funeral Home

When I come to the end of the day

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

L. Pauline Bonney, 64, Mexico, died at 2:35 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at Pin Oaks Nursing Center in Mexico.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at Pickering Funeral Home in Mexico with Raymond Iman officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Bonney was born on Jan. 24, 1939, in Fulton, a daughter of Overt Roe Salmons and Leta Musgrove. She was a graduate of Fulton High School. On Aug. 20, 1959, in Mexico, she married Larry Bonney who survives at the home.

She was employed for 20 years by the State of Missouri as a Stenographer in the Division of Family Services until her retirement in 1983.

In addition to her husband, survivors include one son, Kenton Kraig Bonney, Williamsburg; one daughter, Keleigh Karlyn Thoenen and her husband Darrell, Mexico; three brothers, Richard and Ralph Salmons, Fulton, and Fred Salmons, Auxvasse; one sister, Thelma Morris, Fulton; and three grandchildren, Celeste Michelle, Caylee Morgan and Tessa LeighAnn Thoenen, all of Mexico.

Two brothers, Sammy and Russell Salmons, and two sisters, Verna Hill and Lilly Trammell, preceded her in death.

The family suggests memorials to the charity of the donor’s choice.