Terry Charles Gardner
March 11, 1938 - March 24, 2019

Terry Charles Gardner, 81, of Sweetwater, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Rolling Plains Hospital in Sweetwater.

Services will be at 10 A.M. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at McCoy Chapel of Memories with burial to follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. A family visitation will be from 6 to 8 P.M. Tuesday at McCoy Funeral Home.

Terry was born March 11, 1938 to Willie Lee and Willia Mae (Christopher) Gardner in Hamlin, Texas. He married Brenda Kay Corley on July 30, 1960 in Sweetwater, TX. He was a member of the Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army. He worked for T & R Construction for 50 years until retiring in 2009. Terry loved to fish and was a dedicated reader of western novels.

He is survived by his wife, Brenda of Sweetwater; a son, Randy Gardner & wife Alice of Sweetwater; a brother, Leon Gardner of Sylvester; 3 sisters, Sue Sutton & husband Buddy of Sweetwater, Jane Chew & husband Elvin of Abilene, Doris Squires & husband Winford of Carrollton, TX; four grandsons, Michael Trae Gardner & wife Lupe of Marble Falls, TX, Seth Gardner and Shayne Gardner both of Palmer, Alaska, and Taylor Gardner of Sweetwater; three great-grandchildren, Kyanna Salinas, Mishaylla and Lydia Gardner all of Marble Falls; and two K-9 babies; Lacy & Lucy Gardner.

He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Dana Elaine Gardner April 2, 1966; a son, Terry Trae Gardner October 7, 1994; his parents; six sisters, Billie, Darline Schoonover, Peggy Eaton, Wanda (Jo) Faught, Sandra Estes, and June Squires, four brothers, Donald R. Gardner, Jim Gardner, Sonny Gardner, and Ronnie Gardner.

Pallbearers will be Jay Lee Suggs, Donald Suggs, R. D. Rainey, Ronnie Rainey, Michael T. Gardner, John David Willman.

The family wants to give a "Special Thanks" to Dr. Smola and Staff and the ICU Staff at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital.

From online memorials, McCoy Funeral Home, Sweetwater, Texas
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