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Submitted: 7/2/17 • Approved: 7/5/17 • Last Updated: 7/8/17 • R1187738-G0-S3
Dec 13, 1936-Mar 14, 2014
Bonner B. Weir, 77, of Charleston passed away on March 14, 2014, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Fort Smith to Bonner and Vina Binkley Weir and grew up in Fort Smith.
He was a 1955 graduate of Fort Smith High School and attended West-Ark Community College. Mr. Weir served his country in the U.S. Air Force National Guard and later as a member of the Selective Service Commission. He worked as vice president and general manager of Burt Steele Co. for 47 years when he "retired" to play full time at farming and cattle ranching.
He married Cora Ann Haynes on May 8, 1959. They were known for still going out on dates and holding hands whenever they walked together. Their children's friends knew them as parents who were "still married AND liked each other." Together, they raised three daughters.
Bonner was a founding member of East Side Baptist Church in Fort Smith. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Charleston, where he was a deacon. He was also a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen's Association. He was known for his kindness, generosity and the Christian example he set for others.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Cora Ann, and his three daughters, Anne Weir of Springfield, Mo., Sara Weir Roland and her husband Mark of Greenbrier and Nancy Rhea and her husband Randy of Little Rock. He is also survived by his beautiful granddaughter, Anna Roland, who adored her PaPa and loved to go to the farm with him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bonner and Vina Binkley Weir, and brother, Jim Weir.
Bonner also leaves behind a host of loved ones and friends who were so very special to him and made his life much richer because of their presence.
Funeral will be today at 1:30 p.m. at Smith Mortuary in Charleston. Burial will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Charleston.
Pallbearers will be Marty Driscall, Jim Gifford, Joe Dick Burt, Leroy Womack, Gene Brown, Lymon Root, James Corley, Charles Miesner, Gwen Ewing and John Paul Pendergrass.
Contributed on 7/2/17 by bill060
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