Maines, Bonnie Jean Hull

Funeral services for Bonnie Jean Hull Maines, 78, of Longview, will be at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, November 3, 2007, at the Winterfield United Methodist Church, with the 
Reverend Rita Sims officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery 
of Longview.

Mrs. Maines went to be with her Lord on Wednesday afternoon, October 31, 2007, 
at her residence.

Bonnie Jean was born October 26, 1929, in the Fairplay Community of Panola County, 
to Joe and Lillian Hull, who preceded her in death.

She was a sharecropper's daughter, loving wife and mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother. Bonnie Jean loved baking, traveling, gardening, the lake and taking 
care of her kids. She was co-founder, with Ben, her life partner of 58 years, of 
Ben Maines Air Conditioning Co. She will be missed by all who knew her.

She was also preceded in death by a son, Gary Maines.

She is survived by her life partner, Ben of Longview; children, Barry Maines and 
wife, Liz of Longview, Randy Maines and wife, Karen of Longview, and Patty 
Wunneburger and husband, Doug of Bryan; grandchildren, Kristin Tolman, Melissa 
Maines, Mindy Nicholson, Alicia Taylor, Amee Snapp, Chris Linton, Anne Wunneburger, 
Abby Wunneburger and Aaron Wunneburger; and great-grandchildren, Cierra Tolman and 
Colby Linton.

The family wishes to express their gratitude to the caregivers for their love and 
care of Bonnie Jean.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Winterfield United Methodist Church, 
2616 Tryon Rd., Longview, TX 75605; or Southern Care of Longview, 911 W. Loop 281, 
Longview, TX 75604.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening, November 2, 2007, at 
Rader Funeral Home of Longview.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/2/2007.