Rev. E.O. "Del" Bonnette

REV. E.O. "Del" Bonnette, age 82, of Clarkesville, Georgia, went home
to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Rev. Bonnette was born on January 17, 1930, in Aiken, South Carolina;
a son of the late Cohen and Annie Bonnette. He was also preceded in
death by his brothers, Leon, Blanchard, Raymond, and Wallace Bonnette
and his sisters, Nadine Wall and Edna Riley. Rev. Bonnette was a
retired employee of North Georgia Technical College with 17 years of
service. He was a Minister of the Gospel and pastored numerous Baptist
churches for 30 plus years. Rev. Bonnette was a member of the
Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Survivors include his loving wife, Virginia Knight Bonnette,
Clarkesville, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Eulanne Bonnette Lyle and
Ed Lyle, Hollywood, GA; daughter, Freida Bonnette Alexander,
Clarkesville, GA; sons, Joel Bonnette and fiancée, Tammy Johnson,
Dahlonega, GA and Jon Bonnette, Douglasville, GA; sister, Vivian
Selfridge, Aiken, SC; grandchildren, Brooke Arroliga and her spouse,
Juan Carlos, Ryan Bonnette and his spouse, Gabby, Victoria Bidez and
her spouse, Reynolds, Jessica Bonnette, Jordan Lyle, Judith Lyle, Andy
Alexander, and Allyson Hicks and her spouse, Justin; and seven
great-grandchildren.

Funeral services are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012,
at the Bethlehem Baptist Church with Rev. James Harvey officiating. A
private graveside service will be held at a later date.

The body will be placed in the church to lie in state at 3:30 p.m.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, June 4, 2012,
at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, Georgia.

Those wishing to express online condolences to the Bonnette family may
do so by visiting www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel,
Demorest, Georgia.