Bonnie Lou Parsons

Bonnie Lou Parsons, daughter of the late Reben Frances Craft and Zana Marie Gaines Craft, was born June 11, 1937, in Malden, Mo., and died April 14, 2013, in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 75.

Mrs. Parsons was a resident of Dexter and she had been employed at the Elks Lodge, the Hickory House Restaurant, and Elder Manufacturing in Bloomfield.

She is survived by two daughters, Teresa Dudley of Dexter and Regina Ann Holland of Bloomfield; by five grandchildren, Brad Holland and Rebecca Holland of Bloomfield, Jamie Dudley and Lauren Dudley of Dexter and Melissa Pace of Camas, Wash.; and by five great-grandchildren Emily Holland of Bloomfield, Jacob Ferguson, Jillian Johnson, Gabriel Johnson, and Anneliese Johnson, all of Camas, Wash.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Craft and Dewane Craft; and by one sister, Vera Baker.

Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral home in Dexter on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Tim Russell officiating. Interment will follow in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.