Bonita Mae Smith

Bonita M. Smith
MECCA- Bonita M. Smith, age 92, Went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on August 19, 2020.
Bonita was born on December 1, 1927 in Jefferson, Ohio, daughter of the late Earl Horton and Dorothy Pearce.
Bonita spent most of her life as a homemaker, canning, baking breads, pies and cookies. She loved dancing, especially square dancing. She enjoyed working on jigsaw puzzles, playing cards, and a great love for bingo. She loved spending time with all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Her last year she found great pleasure and peace in feeding and watching the birds, she even named a few of them.
She is joined in death with her husband, the late Richard L. Smith; three sons, Phillip Wilcox, Kevin Smith, and Stephan Smith; a daughter Faye Beach; two sisters Virginia Wildman and Beatrice Smith; three brothers Clifford, Charles, and Carl Horton, and four grandchildren.
She will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by her sons Joseph (Gay) Wilcox, Bryon Wilcox, Jeffery (Cindy) Smith; her daughters Carolyn Shehab, Linda (Martin) Perkins, Patti (Al) Romain, Sharon (Ed) Horodyski, Debra O’Rourke, Tammy Pruski, and Kimberly (Jim) Morris. Her sisters Erma Dean, Ruth Barnard, Lorena Joy, Doris Hyde, and Darlene Fry, a brother Sonny, 31 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren, and 8 great-great grandchildren.
Bonita loved the color purple, please wear something purple to her services in her honor.
Friends may call 6-8PM Sunday or 10-11AM Monday at the Lane Funeral Homes, Shafer-Winans Chapel 164 N. High St. in Cortland. Funeral services will be 11AM Monday at the funeral home with Pastor David Luther, officiant. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Due to Covid-19 social distancing will be expected and observed, please wear a mask as well.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in her memory to Harbor Light Hospice, 4531 Belmont Ave. Unit 9, Youngstown, Ohio 44505