Bonnie Whatley

Bonnie D. Whatley, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 9, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ken Davidson officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at Blakely Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mrs. Whatley was born January 1, 1935 in Tecumseh, OK, the daughter of Luther Christopher Columbus Churchwell and Mamie Mary Ethel Swinger Churchwell. She was a graduate of Macomb High School, Class of 1953, and Bainbridge College. She was a licenced practical nurse, specializing in geriatric care, and was a member of Evangel Temple Assembly of God. Survivors include her son, Tom Whatley, III and his wife, Michelle, of Bainbridge, GA; her daughters, Paula Inlow and her husband, Vincent, of Bainbridge, GA and Tammy Whatley of Tallahassee, FL; her siblings, Orval and Willie Mae; her 10 grandchildren; and her 24 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas F. Whatley, Jr.; her sons, William D. Whatley and Matthew W. Whatley; and her daughter, Cheryl W. Ellison.