Bonnie Black Terrell, 87, of Salisbury passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at her home.

Born May 11, 1931 in Barbourville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Della Mae Wilson Black and Henry C. Black.

She was educated in the Barbourville, KY and graduated from Barbourville High School and received a music scholarship and attended Whitworth College, Brookhaven, MS.

Mrs. Terrell was a homemaker and a devoted church soloist.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Junius Hewitt Terrell on June 27, 2005 and a son, Dana Hewitt Terrell on December 30, 1955; sisters, Mary Ellen Black Cobb, Lillian Black Simpson and Jewell Black Elam; and brother, Charles Samuel Black.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Rebecca Perry and husband Anthony of Lilburn, GA and grandson, Anthony Keoni Perry, II of Jacksonville, FL.

Mrs. Terrell will be moved from the Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury to the Brookhaven Funeral Home, 894 Natchez Dr., Brookhaven, MS 39601.

The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM Wednesday (Sept. 5) at the Brookhaven Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 2:15 PM – at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ken Clapp, Chaplain of Catawba College officiating. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Salisbury.

Memorials may be made to Trellis Supportive Care, 301 S. Main St., Suite 105, Salisbury, NC 28144 or American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue; Dallas, TX 75231 or www.heart.org/‎