Bonnie Rae Long Hicky, age 69, passed away on Nov. 7th, 2024, after a six-year battle with stage four lung cancer.
Bonnie was born on June 18, 1955, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to Marilyn and Ray Long, the second of six girls. She was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and always considered the Garden of the Gods her happy place.
After graduating from Roy J. Wasson High in 1973, she attended Whittier College in Whittier, California, earning a B.A. in Human Development in 1977.
However, the skies were calling, and she became an American Airlines flight attendant in 1978 and continued to fly for 23 years until her retirement in 2001.
On Nov. 15, 1980, Bonnie married John Stratton Hicky and became a naval officer’s wife. She balanced her career by moving from coast to coast for the next 20 years. In 2001, they moved to Madison, Georgia, to care for Stratton’s parents, Hattie Mina (Reid) and Dan McHenry Hicky, and to raise their two daughters, Morgan and Dana.
Bonnie always felt she was put on earth to touch people, and she continued to do that during her retirement. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School at Madison First United Methodist Church for 10 years, sewed costumes for local theater productions, volunteered at her daughters’ schools, and, for 12 years, served as board chair for the Morgan County Library and the Azalea Regional Library System.
Now heaven is blessed with her presence. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marilyn and Ray Long, and her daughter, Carson Page Hicky.
She is survived by her husband, John Stratton Hicky, her daughters, Morgan Jester (husband Gregory) and Dana Dorsch (husband Paul), her sisters Susie Nickell, Julie Waite, Brenda Collins, Teresa Cole and Diane Dunaway, and many cherished family members and friends.
Bonnie’s life will be celebrated on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in the Madison First United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Bonnie’s memory to the Morgan County Library, 1131 East Avenue, Madison, Georgia, 30650, or the Madison First United Methodist Church, 296 S. Main St., Madison, Georgia, 30650.