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Submitted: 10/14/21 • Approved: 10/14/21 • Last Updated: 10/17/21 • R463105-G463103-S3
James A. “Jim”
November 13, 1912-June 26, 1991
Marie R.
January 27, 1912-March 4, 1987
Married June 11, 1933
Parents of James D.
Please see 2nd markers
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary James
Services Held For J.A. (Jim) Garner
Services for J.A. (Jim) Garner, 78 of Wheeler were held on Friday, June 28, 1991 at 2:00 p.m. in the Wheeler Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Chleo Brown, pastor officiated. Burial was in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Garner died Wednesday, June 26, 1991 in Parkview Hospital.
He was born November 13, 1912 in Lutie, TX to Charlie M. Garner and Alice Morris Garner. He married Marie Rosella Ripley on January 11, 1933 in Portales, New Mexico. She preceded him in death on March 4, 1987.
Mr. Garner had been a resident of Wheeler since 1933. He was a farmer and rancher and member of the Wheeler Riding Club and the Allison First Baptist Church.
Mr. Garner is survived by his son, James D. Garner of Wheeler; 5 sisters, Oleta Jones and Nell Bradstreet, both of Wheeler, Mary Hartley of Reydon, OK, Ruth Hoggard of Canyon and Betty McCoy of Denver, Colo.; two grandchildren, Wade Garner of Wheeler and Lenna Lear of Guymon, OK; one great granddaughter, Melissa Lear of Guymon, OK.
Pallbearers were Alvin Arganbright, Boyd Austin, Mac Christner, Jerry Hefley, Cecil Meadows, Wesley Steen.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 57, Number 37, Thursday, July 3, 1991, Page 1)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: James Alex Garner
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1912
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lutie, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Father: Charlie Marshall Garner
Father Birth Place: Texas
Mother: Alice M Morris
Mother Birth Place: Texas
Mother Residence: Texas Collingsworth Lutie
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Garner
Death Date: 26 Jun 1991
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James A Garner
[J A Garner]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1912
Birth Place: Wellington, Texas
[Wellington|]
Father Name: Charlie M Garner
Mother Name: Alice Marsh
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Death Date: 26 Jun 1991
Claim Date: 28 Aug 1974
Type of Claim: Duplicate SSN - change or replacement.
Additional Information: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 04 Jun 1984: Name listed as JAMES A GARNER
*Obituary Marie
Marie R. Garner Rites Are Read March 6
Marie R. Garner, 75, died Tuesday, March 4, 1987.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, in Landmark Baptist Missionary Church. Rev. Kenneth Anderson, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Garner was born at Comanche and was married to Jim Garner in 1933 at Portales, N.M. She had lived in Wheeler County since 1933. She was a member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; a son James D. of Wheeler; a brother, Victor Ripley of Temple; two sisters, Nettie Rogers of Comanche and Mattie Johnson of Big Spring; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Boyd Austin, Mac Christner, Frank Coates, Bill Mason, Cecil Meadows, Darrell Moore.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 53, Number 15, Thursday, March 12, 1987, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Marie Garner
Death Date: 4 Mar 1987
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Marie Garner
Last Residence:
79096 Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
BORN: 27 Jan 1912
Died: Mar 1987
Contributed on 10/14/21
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