Bonnie Bennett Trabue, 71, Glasgow, passed away peacefully Monday, April 29, 2024 at Shanti Niketan Hospice Home in Glasgow. A native of Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Jewell Bennett and Anna Laura Clayton Bennett.
Bonnie was a 1970 graduate of Park City High School after which she attended Western Kentucky University where she obtained her bachelor’s, master’s, and Rank I degrees. She was a retired educator having taught at Red Cross Elementary School for 34 years. After retirement, she spent much of her time helping care for her grandchildren who knew her as “B.B.”; an activity she dearly loved. Bonnie was an active member of First Christian Church where she also had taught Sunday School; helped extensively with youth activities; and participated in the sewing, quilting, and bereavement meal planning ministries of the church.
Survivors include her husband Bruce Allen Trabue; three daughters: Amanda Trabue and husband Ike Brodofsky of Nashville, Laura Leigh Reed and husband John of Park City, and Emily Scott and husband Jake of Glasgow; four grandchildren: Addisen and Cooper Reed, and Josey and Lizzy Scott; one sister, Elsie Slaughter of Frankfort; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother Gary Joe Bennett.
The family wishes to thank the members of T J Samson Home Health Team, Palliative Care Team, and Hospice Team for their excellent care.
A private service was held for family members. A visitation celebrating Bonnie’s Life will be held 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2024 at the First Christian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given to the First Christian Church or to the Bonnie Trabue Scholarship Fund at Western Kentucky University http://alumni.wku.edu/trabue . Arrangements entrusted to Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home.
