Bonita Sue Shipley Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Bonita Sue Shipley of Marion, North Carolina, who passed away at the age of 75, on July 2, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Homer Cousins and Virginia Cousins; and her brother William Bruce Hicks. She is survived by: her spouse Jerry Mitchell Shipley; her daughters, Melissa Howard (Noel “Red Man” Tootle) of Joanna, SC and Nicki Shipley McRae (Antione McRae); her siblings, Donald Ray Cousins of Indiana City, IN, J. D. Cousins of Kalamazoo, MI and Vicki Landon of Kalamazoo, MI; and her grandchildren, Cory Garrison, Devonna Garrison-Brown, Bryan Moore, Stanphany Fields, Jerry Moore and Dylan Moore. She is also survived by 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Penland Family Funeral Home

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