Obituary of Bonnie & Carson Eggers

MRS. BONNIE CHLOE HODGES EGGERS, age 84, of Hodges Miller Road, Blowing Rock, died Wednesday morning March 5, at Blowing Rock Hospital. Mrs. Eggers was the wife of Rev. Carson Clay Eggers. AND REVEREND CARSON CLAY EGGERS, age 85, of Hodges Miller Road, Blowing Rock, died Friday morning March 7, at the V.A. Medical Center in Johnson City. Rev. Eggers was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Chloe Hodges Eggers. Carson and Bonnie were married for 66 years. They are survived by their children, Chloe Wyatt and husband Jim of Millers Creek, Shelia Eggers of Wilkesboro, Steve Eggers and wife Joleen of Millers Creek and David Eggers and wife Norma of Blowing Rock. Nine grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild also survive. Mrs. Eggers was preceded in death by her parents, General Grant and Mamie Moody Hodges and three brothers, Hubert, Don and Dallas Hodges. Rev. Eggers was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Della Penley Eggers, and by two sisters, Josephine Roberts and Leola Miller. Funeral services for Rev. Carson Clay Eggers and Bonnie Chloe Hodges Eggers will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o�clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Bill Warren. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock. The family will receive friends Saturday afternoon from 12:30 until 2 o�clock, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes. In lieu of flowers, memorials for Bonnie Eggers may be made to the North Carolina Baptist Children�s Home, PO Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27361 or to Brenner Children Hospital, Office of Development, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. In lieu of flowers, memorials for Rev. Carson Clay Eggers may be made to the First Baptist Church in Elk Park, PO Box 25, Elk Park, NC 28622. On line condolences may be made to the Eggers family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.