Lucille Bomar

Lucille Ellen “Raglin” Bomar was born February 4, 1951, in Piqua, Ohio. She was the first child born to the union of George Patterson Raglin and Anna Jean “Foston” Raglin. She attended Nicklin Ave Elementary School, Wilder Jr. High, and Piqua Central High School. She was a member of her high school volleyball team, Cheer Club, and she ran on the 440-relay team. She excelled in her home economics classes which stimulated her gifting in needlework such as knitting and crocheting. She also (like her mother) loved to dance and combined that with her love of roller skating at one of the area skating rinks. After graduating from high school, she was given the gift of a one-way airline ticket to San Francisco with the understanding if she wanted to return home, she would have to buy her own ticket. Well, she stayed. She found a job shortly after moving to San Francisco working for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., and when they relocated to Marin County she was hired by Pacific Bell as a Long-Distance Operator. As Pacific Bell changed to SBC and AT&T, her jobs changed from Operator Services to Accounting, to CSO (Customer Service Operator), and lastly, she became a Manager for NYPS (National Yellow Pages) where she worked until she retired after 29 years. She also accomplished getting in a years’ worth of college credits between her last job and retirement. She married C. Anthony Bomar AKA “her only Tony” or “her Tony only” and was a loving dedicated life partner for more than 51 years, with this marriage came Tracy, her heart daughter and born into this marriage were Lane and Christina who are Tracy’s younger brother and sister. She married Tony a young Minister, not even imaging that her marriage and spiritual journey would bring her not only children she loved and adored, but it would bring her spiritual children in her home church, District Churches, The Island of Jamaica, The West African Nation of Liberia, and with people she has befriended. Titles, Titles, and more Titles, the job description of being her only Tony or Tony only’s wife started as Ministers wife, to Pastors wife, to Bishop’s wife, to Presiding Bishops wife, to First Lady and Lastly Elder. She wanted people to love and respect her for who she was and not what her title was, and she knew the real and counterfeit. That’s why she kept it real. She was who she was, and she was true to herself and her lord and savior Jesus Christ. She also faithfully served as a Childrens Sunday School Teacher (with the gifting of flannel artwork), and she was her home church’s Treasurer and the Corporation Treasurer which she enjoyed. She loved talking and striking up a conversation with a stranger, and her feelings would be hurt if they ignored her. She was funny in her own way, and you never knew what she was going to say or do. She was one of a kind, and “special” to them who knew and loved her. She joined in the last year, The Solano Needle Arts Guild and really enjoyed making blankets for the homeless and children in the hospital. She is preceded in death by her Father George, Mother Anna, Nephew Marcus, and extended family member Neal Minnis. She left a void in the hearts of her beloved husband Tony, three children Lane (Faith), Christina and Tracy; nine Grandchildren Emma Rose, Hazel “Ellen”, Lyla, and Isaiah (Lane’s children) and Christopher, Carole, Amber, A.J. (Andrew Jr.) and Milan (Tracy’s children); 14 Great Grandchildren; one brother George Raglin (Kathy); three sisters Carmen Foston, Evelyn Raglin and Naomi King; six nieces Merissa Branner (Laron), Carmen Raglin, Crystal Raglin, Cherise Raglin, Amber Raglin, and Nicole Raglin; and a host of great nephews and great nieces, cousins, friends and Church family. The void is also left in the hearts of her two adopted daughters Tracy Kenney and Gina Slaughter along with extended family members Karla Minnis Brwon (James) and family and the Shannon Garrity and family.

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Lucille Bomar

February 4, 1951 - January 13, 2024