Bonnie married Robert Corbett of Smithfield, Utah. In 1964 they had one son, Shannon Corbett. They later divorced. Bonnie met and married Charles Acorn while he was stationed at Hill Air Force Base UT. They married in 1968 and lost two sons at birth, Henry C. Acorn in 1968 and Dennis Acorn in 1971. Bonnie and Charley never divorced, but remained friends until Charley’s death in 2004.

She attended West Point Elementary, North Davis Jr. High and graduated from Davis High School. After graduating, Bonnie worked at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). There she rose in the ranks as a Tax Examiner. She lived and worked in different places, including Ogden UT, San Bernardino and Fresno CA, Anchorage AK, Cincinnati and Dayton, OH and finally returning to finish her career and retire at the Ogden IRS facility. She earned many awards and certificates of appreciation during her 37 years with the IRS. Bonnie made many friends while working for the IRS. Some became mentors to Bonnie, which she repaid by mentoring her employees to fulfill their career dreams.

Bonnie was a wonderful mother to Shannon. She enabled and shared with him many adventures while living in the different states they moved to throughout her career.

Bonnie was an avid country music fan and loved going to concerts in Wendover, especially to see Charlie Pride. It is suspected that her attraction to those concerts was heightened by their proximity to Bonnie’s higher calling-gambling. She was a slots fiend and card shark who gambled the fisherman’s way: that is, catch-and-release. Her love for cards undoubtedly came from years of playing them with her large family. She loved camping every year with her Edwards clan in the Uintah Mountains, playing cards, holding a fishing line while engrossed in a book, or sitting around the campfire with family, endlessly reminiscing about happy memories and past shenanigans. Bonnie was a voracious and dedicated reader, never far from a book. She loved to collect jewelry boxes and fill them with jewelry to wear, and share with her loved ones. When she lived in Alaska, she especially loved to buy locally mined gold pieces for her collection and brought many home for her nieces. Bonnie liked to golf and watch it on TV, as well as root for the Raiders, her favorite NFL team. Beyond her hobbies, Bonnie was a wonderful mother and devoted sister. She loved her nieces and nephews unconditionally, who loved her like a mom and grandma. Their love for her was evident in all they did for her.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents Delbert and Lucinda Higley Knight, William J. Sr., and Alice Kirkman Edwards, husbands Robert Corbett and Charles Acorn, her sons Henry and Dennis Acorn, sister and husband Geraldine and Merrill J. Dyson and brother and wife, Blain Delbert and Claudia Edwards. She was also preceded in death by many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Surviving Bonnie are her son Shannon Corbett-Peterson (Bryan) of Bountiful, brothers Don (Sandra) Edwards of West Point, Lorin Kay (Mary) Edwards of Clinton, Randy (Caroline) Edwards of Clearfield, Allen (Carol) Edwards of West Point and her sister Patsy (Max) Havas of North Ogden. She has one last surviving aunt, Lorna Edwards, and many cousins living in Utah and Idaho. She is also survived by her faithful companion, Maggie Mae, whom Bonnie loved like a child and who kept vigil until the end.

After seven and a half years of undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, Bonnie suffered a major stroke in May of this year and stopped chemotherapy to go on hospice. During this time, she was attended by a wonderful group of nurses from Intermountain Home Care and Hospice-Ogden: Amber, Heather and Sunny. Bonnie’s wish was to donate her body to the University of Utah Research Center for study.

A celebration of life and a graveside service will be held at a later date.

Bonnie’s wishes were that if you are so inclined, please consider donating to either the Wounded Warriors Project (woundedwarriorsproject.org) or Shriners Children’s Hospital (lovetotherescue.org).

Bonnie loved her family deeply and proudly. Loving Bonnie was the easiest thing in the world. She will be dearly missed.