OSSIE PEARL BONDS ENDERS

HERRIN, Ill. -- Ossie Pearl Bonds Enders, 54, of Herrin died Friday, July 7, 2000, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center at St. Louis.

She was born Oct. 15, 1945, at Randles, Ill., daughter of John and Rosie Breese Bonds. She and Richard Paul Enders were married July 10, 1974. He died June 29, 1998.

She was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church at Whiteash, Ill.

Survivors include a son, Kevin Wilkerson of Johnston City, Ill; three stepsons, Bill Enders of Tinley Park, Ill., Bob Enders of Orland Park, Ill., and Tom Enders of Kenosha, Wis.; three brothers, Henry Bonds of Kankakee, Ill., Billie Bonds of Herrin, and Cecil Bonds of Johnston City; three sisters, Ethel Hanners of Bourbonnais, Ill., Pauline Mobley Stevens of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Dorothy James of Pocahontas, Mo.; five grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; and a special friend, Gary Cassidy of Bourbonnais.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee, Mo.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. 4 b Null officiating.

Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery at Arbor, Mo.