Jan. 21, 2009-Henry Forbis Bonner

With the birthday of my father, Henry Forbis Bonner, coming up in the next few days, I would like to tell you a bit about him. His parents were Ross Bonner and Eula Manning. He was born in 1925 in Caddo, Oklahoma. He graduated from High School at Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married my mother, Naomi Frances Harris. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and went to the Pacific. His ship, the USS Gambier Bay was sunk and he survived with a severe leg injury. He and my mother subsequently divorced and he married Luella Palmer. He and Lou had two children, David and Charisse. This bit of a blog is not about us, but about him. I will show you some pictures on Flickr where you can see him at various ages. And then I will add more later. Henry died in 1991. He greatly influenced my life.



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