WHEELER - Adrian R. Risner, 82, died Friday, May 5, 2006.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Toby Henson of Clyde and the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Risner was born Aug. 6, 1923, in Mountainburg, Ark., to James Enoch Risner and Hettie Mae Dyer Risner. He moved to Wheeler in 1927. Mr. Risner attended school in Wheeler. After graduating, he attended Draughan's Business College in Oklahoma City for two years.
He married Dorothy Casey on June 13, 1954, in Wheeler. She preceded him in death in 1999. He worked for the First National Bank of Wheeler from 1952 until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wheeler, where he served as a deacon for 47 years, taught Sunday school and was a song leader. He also was a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Risner was a veteran, serving in the Army.
Survivors include a daughter, Darla Childress and husband, Punk, of Tuttle, Okla.; a brother, Henry Risner of New Mexico; two grandchildren, Wade Childress of Fayetteville, Ark., and Kari McCluskey of Tuttle; two great-grandchildren, Hannah Adrain and Rachel Kathleen McCluskey; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Wheeler.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 7, 2006)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Mountainberg, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: O G E
Height: 5 10
Weight: 160
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: J E Risner
Household Members Age Relationship
Adrian Reeves Risner 19 Self (Head)
J E Risner Father
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 5 May 2006
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Toby Henson of Clyde and the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Risner was born Aug. 6, 1923, in Mountainburg, Ark., to James Enoch Risner and Hettie Mae Dyer Risner. He moved to Wheeler in 1927. Mr. Risner attended school in Wheeler. After graduating, he attended Draughan's Business College in Oklahoma City for two years.
He married Dorothy Casey on June 13, 1954, in Wheeler. She preceded him in death in 1999. He worked for the First National Bank of Wheeler from 1952 until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wheeler, where he served as a deacon for 47 years, taught Sunday school and was a song leader. He also was a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Risner was a veteran, serving in the Army.
Survivors include a daughter, Darla Childress and husband, Punk, of Tuttle, Okla.; a brother, Henry Risner of New Mexico; two grandchildren, Wade Childress of Fayetteville, Ark., and Kari McCluskey of Tuttle; two great-grandchildren, Hannah Adrain and Rachel Kathleen McCluskey; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Wheeler.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 7, 2006)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Mountainberg, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: O G E
Height: 5 10
Weight: 160
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: J E Risner
Household Members Age Relationship
Adrian Reeves Risner 19 Self (Head)
J E Risner Father
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 5 May 2006
WHEELER - Adrian R. Risner, 82, died Friday, May 5, 2006.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Toby Henson of Clyde and the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Risner was born Aug. 6, 1923, in Mountainburg, Ark., to James Enoch Risner and Hettie Mae Dyer Risner. He moved to Wheeler in 1927. Mr. Risner attended school in Wheeler. After graduating, he attended Draughan's Business College in Oklahoma City for two years.
He married Dorothy Casey on June 13, 1954, in Wheeler. She preceded him in death in 1999. He worked for the First National Bank of Wheeler from 1952 until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wheeler, where he served as a deacon for 47 years, taught Sunday school and was a song leader. He also was a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Risner was a veteran, serving in the Army.
Survivors include a daughter, Darla Childress and husband, Punk, of Tuttle, Okla.; a brother, Henry Risner of New Mexico; two grandchildren, Wade Childress of Fayetteville, Ark., and Kari McCluskey of Tuttle; two great-grandchildren, Hannah Adrain and Rachel Kathleen McCluskey; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Wheeler.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 7, 2006)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Mountainberg, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: O G E
Height: 5 10
Weight: 160
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: J E Risner
Household Members Age Relationship
Adrian Reeves Risner 19 Self (Head)
J E Risner Father
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 5 May 2006
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Toby Henson of Clyde and the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Risner was born Aug. 6, 1923, in Mountainburg, Ark., to James Enoch Risner and Hettie Mae Dyer Risner. He moved to Wheeler in 1927. Mr. Risner attended school in Wheeler. After graduating, he attended Draughan's Business College in Oklahoma City for two years.
He married Dorothy Casey on June 13, 1954, in Wheeler. She preceded him in death in 1999. He worked for the First National Bank of Wheeler from 1952 until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Wheeler, where he served as a deacon for 47 years, taught Sunday school and was a song leader. He also was a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Risner was a veteran, serving in the Army.
Survivors include a daughter, Darla Childress and husband, Punk, of Tuttle, Okla.; a brother, Henry Risner of New Mexico; two grandchildren, Wade Childress of Fayetteville, Ark., and Kari McCluskey of Tuttle; two great-grandchildren, Hannah Adrain and Rachel Kathleen McCluskey; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Wheeler.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 7, 2006)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Mountainberg, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: O G E
Height: 5 10
Weight: 160
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: J E Risner
Household Members Age Relationship
Adrian Reeves Risner 19 Self (Head)
J E Risner Father
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Adrian Reeves Risner
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1923
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 5 May 2006
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