Alfred "Al" Bonner, III was born on November 15, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the union of the late Alfred Bonner, Jr and Joyce Sims Gomez. On Saturday, October 8th, at 10:44 pm, at the young age of 59, the Lord called Alfred home to eternal rest at HCA Houston Healthcare Hospital West.

Al was a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in New Orleans and has been employed with the New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel for over twenty-five years supervising food service and events. As a teen and young adult, he attended Beacon Light Baptist Church. In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina rushed through New Orleans, he evacuated to Houston, Texas with his mother and two brothers and their families where he worked for Aramark company at events held at Minute Maid Park and NRG Stadium in Houston. Although he had no kids of his own, he made his rounds to his nieces and nephews by supporting their graduations, birthday parties and by coming out to watch them play ball. Until the final hour of his being, he spent several hours watching football with his brother.

Alfred is preceded in death by his parents Alfred Bonner, Jr and Joyce Sims Gomez, Step-Father Warren Chester Gomez, his grandmother Eunice Everage, aunts Patricia Cyres and Bernadette McDonald, uncle William Everage and cousins Andrea Cyres-Brown and Pierre Howard.

Alfred leaves cherished memories of five siblings: Antoinetta Lancslin of Lithonia, Georgia, Anthony Bonner (Valerie) of Houston, Texas, Cassandra Bromfield (Richard) of Geismar, Louisiana, Yvette Bonner-Stiner (Michael) of Lake Charles, Louisiana and Terrence Gomez (Tyonia) of Pearland Texas; Nephews: Herbert Lancslin, Anthony Bonner, Jr, Tynan Walker-Gomez, Ryan Bromfield, Tracy McElveen, Michael and Markeithan Stiner; Neices: Quianna Bonner-Wilson (Pierre), Staci McElveen-Metts (Brad), Tyjae Scales-Gomez, Kaylynn and Lyndsey Bromfield, and a host of great nieces, nephews aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives, family and friends.