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Aliene Bonds

Female 1924 - 2012  (87 years)


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  • Name Aliene Bonds  [1
    Birth 19 Oct 1924  Hillview, Jefferson, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Jan 2012  Pensacola, Escambia, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Pensacola Memorial Garden, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Mrs. Aliene Bonds Shipman, age 87, went to be with the Lord Thursday, January 5, 2012. Aliene was born in Hillview, AL on October 19, 1924, one of fourteen children. Growing up in a large family, Aliene developed her gifts of selfless caregiving and perfected the art of southern cooking. As a young woman she moved to Montgomery, AL She met the man of her dreams, Buford Shipman. In 1961, they married and she became mother to his two daughters Barbara Joan and Carol Jennifer. When Aliene was 41 years old, their family grew again with the birth of their daughter, Kelly Renee. Aliene was a supervisor of the proof department at First Alabama Bank for many years and upon retirement, Aliene and Buford moved to Pensacola, FL to be near their children and grandchildren. Aliene will always be remembered by her family for her dry sense of humor, devotion to her husband, and most of all, for her language of love-her baking. She was preceded in death by her husband, Buford Harold; father Thomas Meredith and mother, Ada Cowart Bonds; five brothers, Coleman, Olin, Alvin E., Ronald B., and Moxie Bonds; five sisters, Edith Bonds, Juanita Bonds, Geneva Manning, Virginia Bonds, and Jacquelyn Lynn; three brothers in-law Edward Manning, Walter M. Fox and Roy Lynn; one sister in law Mrs. Hazel Bonds; one son-in-law Jerry Griffis, and one grandson Charles Gardner. Survived by three daughters{, Barbara Joan Griffis of Houston, TX, Carol Jennifer Berry and Kelly Renee Rozier}; grandchildren{ Kimberly Gardner, Jerod Griffis, Denise Berry, Kimberly Brill, Jason Berry, Amy Barnhill, Lee Barnhill, Lindsay Rozier, and Katie Rozier}; great grandchildren{ Jordan Verstuyft, Jacob Gardner and Hunter Gardner, Emily Brill, Connor Wood, Grady Wood, Shiloh Barnhill, Scott Berry, and Lottie Barnhill}; sisters{ Joyce Fox and Geraldine Bonds of Gardendale, AL and Gwendolyn Jones of Warrior, AL}; one sister in law{, Paulette Bonds of Kimberly, AL}; and a host of nieces and nephews. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Service, 9 a.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at the funeral home. Brother Charles Mitchell will conduct the service. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to Aliene's many loving caregivers including Carolyn Howard, Nursefinders staff, Mary Ann Crumjlish and Comfort Care, Baptist Hospital staff, Baptist Manor staff, Dr. Robert Bondurant, Dr. John Sullivan, Dr. Sid Clements, and Dr. William Smith. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Baptist Health Care Foundation. [2]
    Person ID I38620  Mindrum
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2014 

    Family Buford Harold Shipman,   b. 11 May 1919, Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 2002, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1961  [2
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F26339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2014 

  • Sources 
    1. [S6231] findagrave.

    2. [S921] Aliene Bonds Shipman obituary, Pensacola News Journal, 7 Jan 2012.