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Fairview – Rev. Hollis Edward Bonds, 79, went home to Heaven on Wednesday, December 09, 2009. He was born in Lula, GA, the son of the late James Edward Bonds and the late Irene Cantrell Bonds Scott. He first married Margaret “Margie” Louise Ellis of Charleston in August 1949.

He attended Charleston High and graduated from Mars Hill College and Carson Newman University. He served as Pastor at Limestone Baptist Church in the Screven Association; Great Swamp Baptist Church in the Beaufort/Jasper Association and Rantowles Baptist and Westwood Baptist Churches in the Charleston Association. Rev. Bonds was a master checker player, an avid golfer, and played baseball at a very competitive level throughout his life.

A celebration of life service will be held at Convent Baptist Church Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 2 pm, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Pastor David Bonds, Paul Clifford Bonds, and Pastor Bill Padgett will officiate. Rev. Bonds will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service. Visitation will be Saturday from 6-8 pm at Blizzard Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Mark Ellis Bonds, II, Bradley Joshua Bonds, William Daniel Weaver, Mark Smith, Henry Bice, and Johnny Ray Preston. Tony Goodyear and G. Dwaine Malphrus will be honorary pallbearers.

In addition to his wife, Margie, he is survived by; children, David Hollis Bonds, Mark Ellis Bonds, Sr. (Keesha), Paul Clifford Bonds (Tammy), Deborah Bonds Myers (Daniel), Elizabeth Bonds Weaver, and Kimberly Bonds Goodyear (Tony); grandchildren, Mark Ellis Bonds, II (Kelli), Mary Angel Bonds Smith (Mark), Anna Margaret Bonds (Lamar), Amelia Bonds, Abigail Bonds, Bradley Joshua Bonds (Amanda), Ashley Marie Bonds, April Myers Sokol (Paul), Jennifer Myers Clevenger (David), Bethany Myers, Amy Myers Smith (Donald), Kimberly Myers Bice (Henry), Cynthia Myers, William Daniel Weaver, Jaime Boone (Johnny Ray), Katie Boone, Melissa LeGrande (Michael), and Christopher Nathaniel Goodyear; a cousin Carol Rikard; and 16 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a son, Larry Lea Bonds, grandson, Christopher Hollis Bonds and a daughter-in-law Nancy Hann Bonds.