Roscoe Paul Bonnett

© Enid Morning News

07-1973

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Hunter – services for Roscoe Paul (R. P.) Bonnett, 81, will be held at 2 PM Thursday in the Hunter Christian church, with Rev. Leroy McReynolds officiating.

Burial will follow in Enid's Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Anderson Funeral Home of Garber.

Bonnett died Monday evening at his home in Hunter of a heart attack. He was born December 8, 1892 at Smith Center, Kansas. He came to Oklahoma with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Bonnett, who settled on a farm west of Kremlin in 1895. His first schooling was a pioneer country school Wildhorse, west of Kremlin.

Bonnett lived there 14 years. In 1906 he moved with his parents to a farm southwest of Hunter, continuing his schooling there.

On January 19, 1915, he married Lottie Borneman, with the couple establishing their home in the Hunter community.

Bonnett had been a member of the Hunter Christian Church since 1916. At the time of his death he was serving as church treasurer. He was a charter member of the Hunter Lions Club and served on the Hunter school board for 30 years.

The Bonnett's retired from the farm in 1958, moving to their present home in Hunter. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary January 19, 1965, in the same home that his father and mother celebrated there's in 1942.

Survivors include his wife Lottie, of the home; four sons, Lenwood and Wesley, both of Hunter, and Gene and Gerald, both of Enid; one brother, Eldon Bonnett of Hunter; one sister, Mrs. Alton (Leona) Staggers of Tonkawa; 13 grandchildren, and six great – great – grandchildren.

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