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Bonnie Ruth Lanier

February 12, 1934 — October 22, 2020

Funeral services for Bonnie Ruth Lanier of Crowville, will be 11:00AM Monday, October 26, 2020 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro with Rev. Marion Collier officiating. Interment will follow at Crowville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00AM until time of service Monday at the funeral home.

Bonnie Ruth Lanier was born February 12, 1934 in Sterling City, TX to the late Rev. Homer and Gertie Mercer, and passed from this life on October 22, 2020 in Delhi, LA at the age of 86. She graduated from Winnsboro High School, as well as Louisiana College in Pineville and Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, LA with multiple degrees in education. She taught school for 30 years in Rapides and Franklin Parishes. She was a charter member of Temple Baptist Church and faithfully served the Lord as a church organist for many years.

She is preceded in death by her brother, T.H. Mercer, and sister, Virginia Murray.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of 63 years, James Lanier of Crowville; three sons, LeRay, Thomas, Sam and their families; two brothers, John and Paul Mercer and their families; also survived by a host of grandchildren, and extended family and friends.

Mulhearn Funeral Home
Winnsboro, LA
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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Monday, October 26, 2020

10:00 - 11:00 am (Central time)

Mulhearn Funeral Home - Winnsboro

3950 Front Street, Winnsboro, LA 71295

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Service

Monday, October 26, 2020

Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)

Mulhearn Funeral Home - Winnsboro

3950 Front Street, Winnsboro, LA 71295

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