EDMOND —
William Elmer Garner, 80, of Edmond, Okla., passed away August 11, 2012. He was born October 9, 1931 in Pryor, Okla. to Ab and Essie Garner, the third of 11 children. He graduated from Pryor High School in 1950, and worked in the Cotton Gin in Plano, Texas. He joined the U.S. Air Force in October 1952, specializing in auto mechanics. Bill was discharged in October 1956, and worked as a laundry truck driver, grocery clerk and an insurance sales man. He married Esta Ann Matheson, October 6, 1956 in Ardmore, Okla. Bill rejoined the AF in 1961 and served out the remaining time working in various jobs with the transportation department, and was an instructor on hazardous cargo and cargo and household goods. During his military career he was stationed in Texas, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Delaware, Georgia and Alaska with overseas tours in the Philippines, Japan, Pakistan and Okinawa. Upon retiring from the Air Force, Bill went to work for Civil Service with the US Army doing the same type of transportation business. Bill owned and operated a small craft business in Alaska, with his wife, Ann, making wooden moose dolls and selling them throughout the state of Alaska. In July 1997 he retired from working and moved to Edmond.
Bill’s hobbies were traveling and sightseeing, square dancing, going to garage sales, fishing in Alaska for salmon and halibut. He was a member of The Good Sam’s Travel Club Organization, president of the Oklahoma at Large Chapter and former member of the Oklahoma Frontier Sam’s Chapter.
Bill is survived by his daughter Terri Fors and her husband Ken Fors of Edmond; son Mark Garner and his wife Natalie Garner of Spring, Texas; son Jerry Garner of Nutley, New Jersey; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister Imogene Garner of Pryor, Okla.; brother Alvin Garner and wife Louise Garner of Pryor; sister Sue Burris of Pryor, Okla., Walter Garner of Kansas City, Mo., brother, Jean Burris, sister of Pryor, Okla., Wilma Troyer, sister and husband Jerry Troyer, of Hesston, Kan., John Garner, brother of Pryor; 12 nephews, nine nieces, many great nephews and nieces and cousins, Nora Bucker his companion and RV Co-Pilot.
He was preceded in death by Esta Ann Garner, wife, Ab Garner, father, Essie Garner, mother, and Matt Garner, brother.
The family thanks the doctors and staff at the Edmond OU Medical Center for their untiring care, devotion, patience and tenderness toward Bill and the family.
Funeral services for Bill will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Quail Springs Baptist Church with interment to follow at Gracelawn Cemetery in Edmond. Services are under the direction of Matthews Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
Obituaries
Related Photos
Discussion
William E. Garner
- Obituaries
-
-
David Gary Wallace
David Gary Wallace, 64, born to Orville Don and Mary Jewel (Sanford) Wallace on August 18, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Okla., went to be with his Heavenly Father, May 23, 2013.
-
William Charles Scheihing
William Charles Scheihing Jr., 56, of Edmond, Okla., went to be with his Lord on Sunday, May 19, 2013, after a courageous eight-year battle with cancer. He was born to Bettye and Bill Scheihing in Houston on Dec. 9, 1956, later moving to Fort Worth.
-
Jerry Mack Kerr
Funeral services for Jerry Mack Kerr, 76, of Edmond, Okla., will be 1 p.m. Friday, May 24, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Edmond. Graveside services will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Visitation will be 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at Baggerley Funeral Home in Edmond.
-
Jack Calvin Cook
Jack Calvin Cook, 84, of Edmond, Okla. was born July 15, 1928 in Davenport, Okla., to Tom and Dee Cook. He went to be with the Lord on May 21, 2013.
-
James Russell Knox
James (Jim) Russell Knox, 77, was born March 25, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Okla., and passed away peacefully in his home on May 17, 2013.
-
Beverly J. Anderson
Beverly J. Anderson, 81, was born October 8, 1931 in Glencoe, Okla., to Thomas James Welsh and Wilma Lena (Gilliland) Welsh. She passed away May 18, 2013 in Edmond, Okla.
-
Gary Lynn Miller
Gary Lynn Miller, 67, of Edmond, Okla., died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at his favorite place on Grand Lake. He was born December 7, 1945, in Oklahoma City, Okla.
-
Kathryn Lewis Mangold
Kathryn (Kaye) L. Mangold, 97, died Wednesday, May 16, 2013, at Bradford Village care facility in Edmond, Okla. She was born November 14, 1915 in Fennimore, Wis. to William (Will) and Ethel (Lewis) Morrison.
-
Alice Maude Rose
Alice (Marty) M. Rose of Edmond, Okla. passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the age of 93.
-
Harold Edward Damron
Harold Edward Damron, 80, of Edmond, Okla. went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, May 10, 2013. He was born the youngest of six children on October 26, 1932, near Comanche, Okla. to Logan Wilkerson and Mollie Dear Damron.
- More Obituaries Headlines
-
David Gary Wallace
