Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJul 27, 1928, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Bonita Effie Dimont Watson
DeathApr 20, 2020, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Bonita Effie Dimont Watson
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Bonita Effie Dimont Watson
Birth1929404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SL-YZK : 22 December 2016), Shelton Summers and Bonita Dimont, 15 Mar 1947; citing Boone StaTownship, Alamance
FatherLacy Roy DIMONT (1906-1938)
MotherEffie MERRITT (1906-1970)
Spouses
1Shelton Odell SUMMERS 144, Shelton Summers,217, Shelton Odell Summers,3, Mildred Summers Mabe Williams,269,3, James Odell “Bud” Summers,404, "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC42-66X : accessed 02 Feb 2014), Steven Loften Summers, 1976.,3, Shelton Odell Summers,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SL-YZK : 22 December 2016), Shelton Summers and Bonita Dimont, 15 Mar 1947; citing Boone StaTownship, Alamance,404, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4V-WZ4 : 8 December 2014), Shelton O Summers in entry for Elizabeth Ann Summers, 1962; from "North Carolina,,404, United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33D-LFY : accessed 22 April 2018), Shelton Summers in household of Loftin Summers, Washington, Guilford, North Carolina,404, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCHM-88W : 8 December 2014), Shelton Odell Somers in entry for James Odell Somers, 1949; from "North Carolina,,404, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCHM-NGQ : 8 December 2014), Shelton Odell Summers in entry for Brenda Ann Summers, 1948; from "North Carolina, ,404, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC41-4FY : 8 December 2014), Shelton Odell Summers in entry for Tonya Michelle Summers, 1982; from "North Carolina,,404, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCHM-TTL : 8 December 2014), Shelton O Summers in entry for Cathy Lynn Summers, 1960; from "North Carolina,404, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCHM-6MG : 8 December 2014), Shelton Summers in entry for Harold Dean Summers, 1956; from "North Carolina,134, BIRTH- -SUMMERS, ELIZABETH ANN,725
BirthFeb 5, 1927, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Shelton Odell Summers,404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SL-YZK : 22 December 2016), Shelton Summers and Bonita Dimont, 15 Mar 1947; citing Boone StaTownship, Alamance
DeathApr 15, 2018, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Shelton Odell Summers
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Shelton Odell Summers
FatherKornielus Loftin SUMMERS (1902-1960)
MotherEffie Eulalah WYRICK (1906-1939)
MarriageMar 15, 1947, Alamance County, North Carolina404, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SL-YZK : 22 December 2016), Shelton Summers and Bonita Dimont, 15 Mar 1947; citing Boone StaTownship, Alamance
Obituary Online notes for Bonita Effie DIMONT
4/22/2020

Bonita Effie Dimont Watson


BURLINGTON – Bonita Effie Dimont Watson, 91, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at Ashton Place surrounded by her family.

She was born on July 27, 1928 in Guilford County to the late Lacy Roy Dimont and Effie Merritt Dimont and was married to the late Prentiss Watson, Sr. who died in 1995.

Bonita retired from Culp Mills and was a member of Riverdale Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughters, Brenda Overman and husband Mack, Rebecca Sue Duggins and husband James, Cathy Lynn Price and husband Stacy and Elizabeth Ann Martin; stepdaughter, Glenda Sue Tarlton; 27 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.

Bonita was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sons, Harold Dean Summers and James Summers; grandsons, Donald Hathaway and Chad Andrew Summers; step daughter, Sandra McLester; stepson, Prentiss Watson, Jr. and a brother, Billy Dimont.

A private service to celebrate her life will be held at 2.:00pm on Friday, April 24, 2020 by Pastor Stephen Hall and Pastor Johnathan Graves, the burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park. To watch the service live and to sign the online register book, please visit
www.lowefuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be made to Ashton Place Health & Rehab
5533 Burlington Road, McLeansville, NC 27301.
3, Bonita Effie Dimont Watson
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