GARNER, WILLIS COLLIER - Wilbarger County, Texas | WILLIS COLLIER GARNER - Texas Gravestone Photos

Willis Collier GARNER

Eastview Memorial Park Cemetery
Wilbarger County,
Texas

Willis 14 Apr 1902 - 18 Oct 1976
Born in Texas and died in Vernon,
Wilbarger County, Texas
Notations: Born April 13, 1902 in Texas to Joel Cranford Garner and Mary Beatrice Winburn. Married Leona Birdie Knipe October 23, 1926 in Wichita County, Texas. Had three children Alice Joy, Willis Collier, and Joel Crawford Garner.
Passed away at Wilbarger General Hospital in Vernon, Texas on October 18, 1976 from pneumonia, bone marrow suppression secondary to chemotheraphy for metastatic Carcinoma of the Prostate.
Mr. Garner was a Pumper in the Oil Field Industry.
Preceded in death by son Joel Crawford Garner(born Jan 15, 1932 and died October 24, 1964).

Leona 10 Aug 1910 - 18 Feb 2004
Born in Oklahoma and died in Vernon.
Wilbarger County, Texas
Daughter of Guy M. Knipe (1871 - 1941)
and Alice A. Hughes Knipe (1882 - 1973)
Children:
Joel Cranford Garner (1932 - 1964)
Siblings:
Bessie B. Knipe Thompson (1899 - 1985)
Hettie Mae Knipe McCrary (1901 - 1968)
Etha Knipe Durnell (1905 - 1998)
Howard Herman Knipe (1906 - 1983)
Floyd B. Knipe (1908 - 1934)
Bertha Ione Knipe Farmer (1913 - 2011)
James "Jay" Bishop Knipe (1915 - 1999)
Paul Omar Knipe (1921 - 1988)*
*Obituary
Graveside services held at 4 p.m. in the Eastview Cemetery with Greg Tanner officiating.
Survivors include a daughter, Alice Joy Byrd of Vernon; a son, W.C. "Pete" of Ovalo, Texas; two sisters, Edith Jackson of Olney and Bert Farmer of Richmond, Va.; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

*Block 21 Garden Of Memories

Contributed on 6/16/15

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Submitted: 6/16/15 • Approved: 6/17/15 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R77783-G77783-S3

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