Bonnie Wilson

Bonnie June Turner Wilson was born June 24, 1934, and died Saturday, April 11, 2026. She was a beloved mother, wife, sister, and grandmother. She loved Jesus and shared that passionate love with everyone she knew.

Her graveside service will be held Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at Kelly Mill Cemetery (New Hope Baptist Church) in Double Springs at 11 a.m.  Nichols Funeral Home will direct.

The youngest of six siblings, Bonnie lost her precious, God-fearing mother at the age of 5. This heartbreaking loss caused her much hardship early in life and might have changed her course—if not for her older sister, Mildred Pauline Overton. At the age of 16, Bonnie was welcomed into Pauline and David Overton’s home. From that point on, she began to know and experience the love of God in a way she never had before. At the age of 18, she married her husband of 72 years, Bill Frank Wilson. After two years of military service as a couple and five years of civilian employment—including time in California and Muncie, Indiana—Bill and Bonnie answered God’s call to serve Him full-time.

The next 65 years became a gift from God to all who were touched by their ministry. During the 1960s, they pastored six churches in central and north Alabama. To this day, relationships and lasting fruit for God’s kingdom remain in those communities. In 1969, Bonnie, her husband, and their 14-year-old son, Phil, relocated and entered a new phase of ministry. L.O.V.E. Boys Home and Palmera Children’s Home were built from the ground up. In May of 1970, Kelly Faith was born—the baby sister to her 14-year-old brother, Phil. For nearly the next 20 years, Bonnie served as a mother figure and “Aunt Bonnie” to hundreds of foster sons while lovingly raising her own daughter—becoming, in many ways, the mother to others that she herself had lost at such a young age. Her sacrifice, hard work and dedication were life-changing for the young men who lived at the home.

After completing that chapter of ministry in 1985, Bonnie, Bill and Kelly moved back to Bonnie’s beloved hometown of Double Springs. There, she continued her career as a beloved school bus driver, eventually serving on a special education bus—a job perfectly suited to her heart. She often said she loved every minute of driving a bus and would routinely remind her family jokingly that she was a “professional” driver. She remained a faithful pastor’s wife, spending her last two decades at Corinth Historical Church near Smith Lake—lovingly referred to by Bill as “the icing on the cake” of their ministry. In her final years, she enjoyed flower gardening, singing gospel songs at the senior center, playing her guitar, relaxing with her dog and spending time with family and friends.

Bonnie is survived by her son, David Philip (Cyndi) Wilson; her daughter, Kelly Wilson (Wade) Mize; her grandchildren, Tim (Karlie) Wilson, Elaine Wilson (Zac) Canfield, Grant Mize and Claire Mize (Brannon) Herring; 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews, whom she dearly loved.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Bill Frank Wilson; her mother, Madgie Pearl Kelly Turner; her father, Solomon Turner; her son, Jeffrey Paul Wilson and her five older siblings, Pauline, Ellis, Bill, Wilma (“Wib”) and Ollis (“Dutt”).