Bonnie Lee Smith was born November 19, 1944 to Earl Thompson and Mary Hickman in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She grew up in Glen Avon, California where she attended Jurupa Junior High. She graduated from Riverside Polytechnic High School. Bonnie Thompson married Roy L. Smith in Mari Loma, California and had three children Kelly, Royce and Robert. After moving to Bullhead City, AZ Bonnie got a job as assistant manager at the River Queen Hotel later she was employed as a slot floor attendant at the Colorado Belle Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Roy, brothers Bob and Earl Thompson and sister Mary Ann Davis. She is survived by her daughter Kelly, sons Royce and Robert and brother JW Thompson.