Bonnie Rae attended Tatum (New Mexico) High School. She later received her GED from the State of Georgia. While her husband Tom was serving in the U.S. military, she was a hard-working, excellent bookkeeper for various Air Force base support services, an auction house, a bank, and an honor camp. Later, she managed apartment complexes for Branson Real Estate.
Bonnie Rae loved God, her husband Tom, their children and extended family, and their many friends. She was proud to have been an Air Force wife, active duty and retired.
Bonnie Rae was a long-time member of The Church of Christ. She and Tom attended the High Flight Chapel at Blue Skies West in San Antonio, and they served faithfully at Freedom House, where they helped coordinate worship services for the residents. In her leisure, she enjoyed personal Bible study, playing Bridge card games and golf, swimming, painting, drawing, and sculpting arts.
Bonnie Rae was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Curtis; her son, Phillip Black; and her parents, Homer and Emily Ingle.
Survivors include Bonnie Rae's children, Shelley (Jeff) Triboulet, Pam (Jim) Nelson, and Hank (Tracey) Curtis; grandchildren, Nyccole, Nathan, Chad, Haven, Carsyn, Sabrina, Brittney, Hannah, Holly, Lindsey, and Bryce; six great-grandchildren, Carsyn Rae, John Calvin, Tyndale, Gratyia, RC, and Thomas; and siblings, John and Karen Ingle, Chuck and Beth Wilkins, and Bill and Ginger Wilkins.
Bonnie Rae thought of death as Graduation Day, a reward not earned but received by the grace of God through Jesus Christ.
Plans are underway for a private celebration of Bonnie Rae's life. The unique time of remembrance will be held virtually online.
At their new home in the Birmingham area, Bonnie Rae's daughter and son-in-law, Shelley and Jeff, will join their daughters Haven and Carsyn to plant two dogwood trees in loving remembrance of Bonnie Rae and Tom.
Shelley says that her mother was "somewhat of a medical miracle and had survived six separate cancers in her lifetime of 86 years. She had been cancer-free for a good 10 years when she unexpectedly passed from heart failure.
"My mother had an amazing ability to get things done!" Shelley remembers. "She was one of those 'raised in the 1950s ladies' who lived out the 'women's lib' era of the 1960s and 1970s. This was the generation of women who had outside jobs all day and came home to their other full-time jobs at night. . . . The gender roles were not very balanced as they are now. My dad never helped her cook, clean, wash, watch us kids, or any of that. She did it all!"
Bonnie Rae was a good mother, but was an excellent wife, Shelley adds. "She had a sincere desire to be married, to be loved and needed. When she met and married Tom in her 50s, (never say never!!) all of her dreams came true. I know the last 32 years of her life with him were her happiest and best.
"Mom, I will miss your quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and wise observations. Until I see you again, I love you!"
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