The news is delivered by her in-laws, who come to Serenity for the funeral.

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Over the last three seasons, Bill was part of several major storylines.

First of all, we love Chris.

Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend, Caroline Lagerfelt as Paula Vreeland and Heather Headley as Helen Decatur in episode 404 of Sweet Magnolias on Netflix

(L-R) Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend, Caroline Lagerfelt as Paula Vreeland and Heather Headley as Helen Decatur in episode 404 of ‘Sweet Magnolias’Netflix

This was purely story-driven, and I explained that to him.

He was very gracious and understanding, Anderson said.

We knew it had to be significant, we didnt want to trivialize it, she said.

Sweet Magnolias. (L to R) Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, Heather Headley as Helen Decatur and JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend in episode 402 of Sweet Magnolias.

JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie, Chris Klein as Bill in episode 302 of ‘Sweet Magnolias’Courtesy of Netflix

Because Bill and Kathy had already left, we thought that that might be the way to go.

The potential wide impact of Bills death was a factor too.

Like Bill and Kathy before her, Bonnie also leaves town a different person.