Bonnie Hancock Phillips Mellert, age 85, passed away on January 23, 2026. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 from the Mud Creek Baptist Church. Bro. James Jeffery Jr. and Bro. Brandon Gamble officiated. Interment followed in the Pinehaven Memorial Gardens.
She was born on December 12, 1940, and was a charter member of Mud Creek Baptist Church. Bonnie was employed by Scottsboro Auto Parts for 45 years, serving first as a bookkeeper and later as a partner.
She retired at the end of 2004. As one of the first women to sell auto parts, she earned a reputation for excellence and dependability. Many customers would willingly wait to be helped by her.
Bonnie loved her cats, working in her flower beds, doing yard work, and was a secret master of perms.
She is survived by her son, Jerry Phillips; stepchildren, Tuesday (Bret) Bigelow, Kristie (John) Freirich, Krystal Benton and Kimberly Close; grandchildren, James (Dawn) Jeffery, Jennifer (Marcus) Vincent, Janna (Nick) Butler, Amanda Phillips, Amber Phillips and Jonathan Phillips; Wilson Edwards and Kirstie Kelly; ten great-grandchildren and eleven great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Janice Phillips Jeffery; her parents, Wheeler and Launa Hancock; both of her husbands, John Ben Phillips and Bob Mellert; siblings, Herschel, Herbert, Jack, and L. C. Hancock, Wilda Segneri, and Ronda Jean Murner; and great-great granddaughter Ella Faith McClure.
