Bonnie Lynn Ingram

Ingram - Bonnie Lynn Sharpe Ingram, age 83, was promoted to her heavenly home on October 25, 2025. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, Bonnie graduated from Nova University and worked as a special education schoolteacher in the Jacksonville Public School System. She spent her life fishing, crafting, thrifting, and remodeling her home. In the early years when her children were young, her mother, brothers and sisters were very instrumental in helping raise her children. Bonnie loved shopping, eating out, and playing board games with her children, sister, Faye, and her mother. She is preceded in in death by her parents, Hilbert and Anna Mae Sharpe; and brothers, Gerald Sharpe and Curtis Larry Sharpe.

Bonnie is survived by her son, Jonathan; daughters, Joy (Steve) and Wendy; 5 grandsons; 4 granddaughters; 4 great-grandsons; brother, Franklin Sharpe (Betty); sisters, Elizabeth Faye Leach, Carol Shaw, and Gail Cothren; 2 aunts; several nephews and nieces, and many friends.

The tribute above was prepared by Bonnie’s loving family.

The Homegoing Funeral Service will be held on Friday, October 31, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32218, with Pastor Kenneth Brewer officiating.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Beaches Memorial Park, located at 1500 Main Street, Atlantic Beach, Florida, 32233. Donations may be made in Bonnie’s honor to Community Hospice Center for Caring at Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside, https://thefoundationcares.org/give/

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