"You can shed tears that she is gone or smile because she has lived, or you can do what Bonnie would have wanted: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on!"
Bonnie Lee Parsons Woodyard Roark passed away May 26th 2017 at the Geinsinger Community Hospital in Scranton, Pa. after a brief illness.  She is preceded in death by her parents Edgar and Melva Parsons, her sister Sharon Rose Parsons, and her infant son Charles Clifton Woodyard.  She is survived by her son Charles Edgar Woodyard, sisters Kimberly Taylor, Verlena Mccomas, Kathy Marsh, her brother Eddie Lee Parsons, her Fiancee Ray Compton. She is also survived by her 6 grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins whom she loved so dearly with all her heart. Bonnie loved her family and all of her friends very much. A memorial service will be held at a later time which will be shared.