Bonnie Lynn Pickens

Bonnie Lynn Pickens, 71, of Neosho, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Diamond, Missouri.

She was a Certified Medical Technician in several nursing homes before retiring in 2023 and an avid animal lover.

She was born on June 26, 1955, in Saginaw, Michigan to George and Wilma Oyerly

She is survived by her husband; James Pickens of Neosho, her stepmother Dora Oyerly of Tampa Fl., her sisters; Anne Oyerly of Berrien

Springs Michigan, Tina Oyerly-Parchmont and husband Brian of Nederland Tx, Katherine Dengler-Mello of Louisville Ky and Mollie

Dengler-Schmoling of Tampa Fl, brother; John Dengler and his wife Sharie Green Dengler of Johnson City Tn.

Bonnie has three boys, Christopher Charles McNeece of Twin Falls Id, Charles William McNeece and wife Jeannie McNeece of Ash Grove

Mo, and Clint Edward McNeece and wife Amber of Miller Mo, from her late ex-husband Murle Walter McNeece. She has several grandkids

and several great grandkids, several nieces and nephews 

She was preceded in death by, Both Parents, Father George Oyerly, Mother Wilma Oyerly, Sister Katherine Oyerly-Jeffries

There will be a Celebration of Life planned at a later date in the spring.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematory in Joplin, Missouri.