Death is no laughing matter, but it’s difficult not to utter a little chuckle when you read the endearing obituary that was written for Bonnie “The Goodtime” Duck.
William Linville and his granddaughter, Hailey Hickerson, had become good friends with the little bird during their regular trips to the park in Biloxi, Mississippi.
While Bonnie is typically a female name, they never actually had any idea of whether the duck was a male or female. The attractive little tuft of feathers on top of her head suggested that she was a female, but the duck was often seen beating up on a local male mallard that tried to edge in on her turf.
Regardless of Bonnie’s gender, the duck is now waddling through the waters of heaven. Hopefully, there is plenty of bread to be had in the afterlife, as that was how Linville and his granddaughter first befriended Bonnie. Linville and Hailey regularly hung out with Bonnie as they tossed little treats to the birds at the park – so when they realized that Bonnie had passed on to the great beyond, Linville felt moved to write her/him an obituary.
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“With a saddened heart I am reporting the passing of Bonnie ‘the goodtime duck’ of Hiller Park,” Linville wrote, according to the Sun Herald….
