Bonnie Baker Hall, age 81, of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2026, at Baptist Health in Paducah.
Born on December 20, 1944, in Cadiz, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Bethel “Beck” Baker and Dorothy (Hall) Baker Noel.
Bonnie was a 1962 graduate of Trigg County High School. She was married to Robert B. Hall for 40 years until his passing on March 17, 2005. She worked as a dedicated purchase agent at Westlake in Calvert City for many years until her retirement.
Bonnie loved boating on Kentucky Lake with her husband and traveling to far-off places. She also had a creative soul and enjoyed expressing herself through writing music. Bonnie’s social nature was a hallmark of her personality. She had a natural gift for hospitality and delighted in hosting family gatherings. She shared an extraordinary bond with her sisters and was a loving and doting aunt to her nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister Carolyn Sue Adams and her brother-in-law William R. Adams.
She is survived by her sisters Judy Baker (Mike) of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Joy Lester (Gary) of Gracey, Kentucky; her nieces and nephews: Sonya Dillingham (James), Wesley Thomas (Jessica), Dustin Lester, Allie Shields (Rob), Micah Lester (Lauren), Chase Lester (Kelli), and Laura Shepherd (Charles); and great nieces and nephews: Ella, Clayton, and Emory Lester, Claire, Stevie, and Maggie Shields, Lane and Lola Lester, Kenton, Sterling, and Rhodes Shepherd, and Elizabeth and Wesley Thomas, III.
Funeral services will be at Goodwin Funeral Home, 138 Main Street in Cadiz, at 1:00 PM, Thursday, May 28, 2026, with Gary Lester delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow in the Lester Family Cemetery in Gracey.
Visitation will precede the service at the funeral home from 11:00 AM until the funeral hour of 1:00 PM.
The funeral service will be live-streamed beginning at 12:55 PM, Thursday, May 28, 2026, on our YouTube channel at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCuJ1MWj7s
Memorial contributions can be made to the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Charles Terrell, 237 Adams Mill Rd, Cadiz, KY 42211; the Lester Family Cemetery Fund, 9805 Lester Rd, Gracey, KY 42232; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org; Kosair for Kids at www.kosair.org; or to Samaritan’s Purse at www.samaritanspurse.org
