Bonnie Jill Carson Bailey

Bonnie Jill Carson Bailey, sweet friend to all, passed (graduated) from this earthly existence to the arms of our loving Heavenly Father and her family on May 1, 2025. She left after a valiant effort against cancer complications. She was born December 12, 1946 in Murray, Utah to Stanford Eugene Carson and Elva LaVerne Stone Carson.

She grew up in Sandy, Utah attending Sandy Elementary, Mt. Jordan Junior and Jordan High School, then later BYU Provo. She worked as a secretary for many years. She married Gene (Albert Eugene) Powell in 1978, later divorced.

She married Glade Charles Bailey in the Salt Lake Temple on December 19, 1987 (div.). They had one son, Nathan Kelly Bailey, born March 16, 1989. He passed August 22, 2024. She inherited three step sons with that marriage: Roger, Scott and Alan Bailey.

She belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and loved her Savior Jesus Christ with all her heart. She served in many callings, including Relief Society President and Gospel Doctrine Teacher through the years in her Draper ward. She also was able to serve as an ordinance worker in the Draper Temple.

She was a friend to all she met and an animal rescuer and lover. She will be dearly missed by her siblings, cousins, many nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends everywhere.

Preceding her in death were her parents Stanford and Elva Carson, and her son Nate. Those left behind are her grandchildren: Braxtyn Stanford, Dredyn Richard, and Kamdyn Kay Bailey, also her siblings and cousins: Burt (Elaine) Carson, Gloria (Marc) Woolley, Cathy (Keith) Johnson, Gerry (Alice) Giauque, Paul (Connie) Giauque and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Saturday, May 10 at 11:00 am at the LDS Church at 13112 South 700 East in Draper, Utah, with a viewing at the church from 9:30–10:45 am. Interment, Murray City Cemetery.