Sixty-two years is a long time to be stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mind-bogglingly dull as Earth. On Friday, July 16, 2021, the roses in the window box tilted to one side, and Donna Chere Bone learned the answers to all the questions and mysteries we will ever think of. A Celebration of Life was held on Thursday, July 22, at 6 p.m. at Sammons Funeral Home in Soperton. Donna is now walking and dancing through all of our hearts, as she has been unable to do during her struggles with multiple illnesses. Her rock-and-roll soul, her blazing smile, and her wonderful personality will be forever etched in all of our memories. Donna is preceded into the great unknown by her parents, Donald James and Cherie Strickland; and her brother, Robert Owen Strickland.
Donna is survived by her husband, Ricky Wayne Bone; daughter, Angelique Michelle Bone; thirteen gorgeous cats; several cousins; and too many friends to count.
We respectfully ask that you not send flowers, as most funerary or mourning plants/flowers are toxic to cats. If you would like to pay respects with a donation, we would love for you to donate food or supplies or what you would spend to buy flowers or cook something, to the Laurens County, Emmanuel County, or Toombs County Animal Shelter in Donna’s name. Our animals are all rescues and gave her so much love, comfort, company, and joy over the years, and this would be the greatest way to continue spreading her love and her memory.
SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, The Tradition Since 1917, Soperton, was in charge of arrangements.
