Leslie Earl Warner, 90, of Flower Mound, Texas passed away December 5, 2009.
Les was born in El Reno, Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1940 and served in the Pacific until 1945. While in the service he met Alma in 1942 and they married later that year in Toledo, OH, on December 9 and were happily married for 54 years.
Prior to joining the Navy, he worked in an auto factory in Detroit, MI. Then after the war he went to work in an aircraft factory. He and Alma moved to Illinois in 1946 were he coal mined in the Peabody #9 for several years.
Wanting a change, he worked at the Joliet, IL prison as a guard for a few years and then at the Chicago, IL Midland.
Les returned to the mines at Peabody #10 shortly after the Midland job. While living in Illinois he and Alma went to a tent revival. They both accepted Jesus Christ as their savior that summer of 1950. They attended the Pawnee Assembly of God Church but since they did not have a baptistry, Brother Jaggers arranged for them to be baptized at a sister church in Springfield, IL. They later attended a Methodist church until they moved to Hobart, Oklahoma in 1953.
They moved several times within the state and ultimately settled in Clinton, OK in 1955. His first self-employed business was a Mobil Service Station which he owned and operated from Jan. 1, 1956 for 14 years. He then worked at the Kellwood plant for one year in Clinton, OK.
Entrepreneurship and service station operations still in his blood, Les opened a Kerr McGee Station and operated it for two years and a Standard Service Station for 14 years, rounding out 30 years in the service station business.
Retirement in sight, he and Alma moved to Noble, OK in 1981. They joined First Baptist Church in Noble, OK and were active in many ways. He then worked for Walmart in Norman for 16 years until 1998, when he had to have bypass surgery. He then moved in with his son Robert at 79 years old and enjoyed taking life easy, enjoying his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He moved with them to Flower Mound, TX in 2006. He joined First Baptist Church of Lewisville in 2006 and later transferred his letter to Lakeland Baptist Church in 2008. Les celebrated his 90th birthday March 15, 2009 and lost his fight with cancer Dec. 5, 2009 and is now in the arms of his savior.
Les was preceded in death by this parents, Ralph Eugene and Lena Marie Warner, a brother Steve, sisters Ina and Ethel, and his wife Alma Bernice Pinnell.
He is survived by five brothers and sisters, Ralph Eugene Jr. of Tulsa OK, David Morton of Norman OK, George Lewis of Oklahoma City OK, Sarah Ann Bostwick of Newalla OK, and Martha Gene of Oklahoma City OK; three children, Roy James of Norman OK, Bernice Louise Ailey of Coweta OK and Robert Earl of Flower Mound TX; nine grandchildren, David Potter of Tulsa OK, Lonny Warner of Double Oak TX, Marshall Potter of Tulsa OK, Rita Linch of Flower Mound TX, Paul Warner of Toledo OH, Ron Warner of Owasso OK, Don Warner of Flower Mound TX, Christina Stahlheber of Los Angeles CA and Annie Mora of Norman OK; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The family received visitors on Monday, December 7, 2009 from 6 to 8. A funeral service was held in the chapel of Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment followed in the Noble IOOF Cemetery in Noble, Oklahoma at 3:30 p.m.
Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas is respectively in charge of the arrangements.
Les was born in El Reno, Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1940 and served in the Pacific until 1945. While in the service he met Alma in 1942 and they married later that year in Toledo, OH, on December 9 and were happily married for 54 years.
Prior to joining the Navy, he worked in an auto factory in Detroit, MI. Then after the war he went to work in an aircraft factory. He and Alma moved to Illinois in 1946 were he coal mined in the Peabody #9 for several years.
Wanting a change, he worked at the Joliet, IL prison as a guard for a few years and then at the Chicago, IL Midland.
Les returned to the mines at Peabody #10 shortly after the Midland job. While living in Illinois he and Alma went to a tent revival. They both accepted Jesus Christ as their savior that summer of 1950. They attended the Pawnee Assembly of God Church but since they did not have a baptistry, Brother Jaggers arranged for them to be baptized at a sister church in Springfield, IL. They later attended a Methodist church until they moved to Hobart, Oklahoma in 1953.
They moved several times within the state and ultimately settled in Clinton, OK in 1955. His first self-employed business was a Mobil Service Station which he owned and operated from Jan. 1, 1956 for 14 years. He then worked at the Kellwood plant for one year in Clinton, OK.
Entrepreneurship and service station operations still in his blood, Les opened a Kerr McGee Station and operated it for two years and a Standard Service Station for 14 years, rounding out 30 years in the service station business.
Retirement in sight, he and Alma moved to Noble, OK in 1981. They joined First Baptist Church in Noble, OK and were active in many ways. He then worked for Walmart in Norman for 16 years until 1998, when he had to have bypass surgery. He then moved in with his son Robert at 79 years old and enjoyed taking life easy, enjoying his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He moved with them to Flower Mound, TX in 2006. He joined First Baptist Church of Lewisville in 2006 and later transferred his letter to Lakeland Baptist Church in 2008. Les celebrated his 90th birthday March 15, 2009 and lost his fight with cancer Dec. 5, 2009 and is now in the arms of his savior.
Les was preceded in death by this parents, Ralph Eugene and Lena Marie Warner, a brother Steve, sisters Ina and Ethel, and his wife Alma Bernice Pinnell.
He is survived by five brothers and sisters, Ralph Eugene Jr. of Tulsa OK, David Morton of Norman OK, George Lewis of Oklahoma City OK, Sarah Ann Bostwick of Newalla OK, and Martha Gene of Oklahoma City OK; three children, Roy James of Norman OK, Bernice Louise Ailey of Coweta OK and Robert Earl of Flower Mound TX; nine grandchildren, David Potter of Tulsa OK, Lonny Warner of Double Oak TX, Marshall Potter of Tulsa OK, Rita Linch of Flower Mound TX, Paul Warner of Toledo OH, Ron Warner of Owasso OK, Don Warner of Flower Mound TX, Christina Stahlheber of Los Angeles CA and Annie Mora of Norman OK; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The family received visitors on Monday, December 7, 2009 from 6 to 8. A funeral service was held in the chapel of Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment followed in the Noble IOOF Cemetery in Noble, Oklahoma at 3:30 p.m.
Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas is respectively in charge of the arrangements.
Leslie Earl Warner, 90, of Flower Mound, Texas passed away December 5, 2009.
Les was born in El Reno, Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1940 and served in the Pacific until 1945. While in the service he met Alma in 1942 and they married later that year in Toledo, OH, on December 9 and were happily married for 54 years.
Prior to joining the Navy, he worked in an auto factory in Detroit, MI. Then after the war he went to work in an aircraft factory. He and Alma moved to Illinois in 1946 were he coal mined in the Peabody #9 for several years.
Wanting a change, he worked at the Joliet, IL prison as a guard for a few years and then at the Chicago, IL Midland.
Les returned to the mines at Peabody #10 shortly after the Midland job. While living in Illinois he and Alma went to a tent revival. They both accepted Jesus Christ as their savior that summer of 1950. They attended the Pawnee Assembly of God Church but since they did not have a baptistry, Brother Jaggers arranged for them to be baptized at a sister church in Springfield, IL. They later attended a Methodist church until they moved to Hobart, Oklahoma in 1953.
They moved several times within the state and ultimately settled in Clinton, OK in 1955. His first self-employed business was a Mobil Service Station which he owned and operated from Jan. 1, 1956 for 14 years. He then worked at the Kellwood plant for one year in Clinton, OK.
Entrepreneurship and service station operations still in his blood, Les opened a Kerr McGee Station and operated it for two years and a Standard Service Station for 14 years, rounding out 30 years in the service station business.
Retirement in sight, he and Alma moved to Noble, OK in 1981. They joined First Baptist Church in Noble, OK and were active in many ways. He then worked for Walmart in Norman for 16 years until 1998, when he had to have bypass surgery. He then moved in with his son Robert at 79 years old and enjoyed taking life easy, enjoying his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He moved with them to Flower Mound, TX in 2006. He joined First Baptist Church of Lewisville in 2006 and later transferred his letter to Lakeland Baptist Church in 2008. Les celebrated his 90th birthday March 15, 2009 and lost his fight with cancer Dec. 5, 2009 and is now in the arms of his savior.
Les was preceded in death by this parents, Ralph Eugene and Lena Marie Warner, a brother Steve, sisters Ina and Ethel, and his wife Alma Bernice Pinnell.
He is survived by five brothers and sisters, Ralph Eugene Jr. of Tulsa OK, David Morton of Norman OK, George Lewis of Oklahoma City OK, Sarah Ann Bostwick of Newalla OK, and Martha Gene of Oklahoma City OK; three children, Roy James of Norman OK, Bernice Louise Ailey of Coweta OK and Robert Earl of Flower Mound TX; nine grandchildren, David Potter of Tulsa OK, Lonny Warner of Double Oak TX, Marshall Potter of Tulsa OK, Rita Linch of Flower Mound TX, Paul Warner of Toledo OH, Ron Warner of Owasso OK, Don Warner of Flower Mound TX, Christina Stahlheber of Los Angeles CA and Annie Mora of Norman OK; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The family received visitors on Monday, December 7, 2009 from 6 to 8. A funeral service was held in the chapel of Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment followed in the Noble IOOF Cemetery in Noble, Oklahoma at 3:30 p.m.
Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas is respectively in charge of the arrangements.
Les was born in El Reno, Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1940 and served in the Pacific until 1945. While in the service he met Alma in 1942 and they married later that year in Toledo, OH, on December 9 and were happily married for 54 years.
Prior to joining the Navy, he worked in an auto factory in Detroit, MI. Then after the war he went to work in an aircraft factory. He and Alma moved to Illinois in 1946 were he coal mined in the Peabody #9 for several years.
Wanting a change, he worked at the Joliet, IL prison as a guard for a few years and then at the Chicago, IL Midland.
Les returned to the mines at Peabody #10 shortly after the Midland job. While living in Illinois he and Alma went to a tent revival. They both accepted Jesus Christ as their savior that summer of 1950. They attended the Pawnee Assembly of God Church but since they did not have a baptistry, Brother Jaggers arranged for them to be baptized at a sister church in Springfield, IL. They later attended a Methodist church until they moved to Hobart, Oklahoma in 1953.
They moved several times within the state and ultimately settled in Clinton, OK in 1955. His first self-employed business was a Mobil Service Station which he owned and operated from Jan. 1, 1956 for 14 years. He then worked at the Kellwood plant for one year in Clinton, OK.
Entrepreneurship and service station operations still in his blood, Les opened a Kerr McGee Station and operated it for two years and a Standard Service Station for 14 years, rounding out 30 years in the service station business.
Retirement in sight, he and Alma moved to Noble, OK in 1981. They joined First Baptist Church in Noble, OK and were active in many ways. He then worked for Walmart in Norman for 16 years until 1998, when he had to have bypass surgery. He then moved in with his son Robert at 79 years old and enjoyed taking life easy, enjoying his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He moved with them to Flower Mound, TX in 2006. He joined First Baptist Church of Lewisville in 2006 and later transferred his letter to Lakeland Baptist Church in 2008. Les celebrated his 90th birthday March 15, 2009 and lost his fight with cancer Dec. 5, 2009 and is now in the arms of his savior.
Les was preceded in death by this parents, Ralph Eugene and Lena Marie Warner, a brother Steve, sisters Ina and Ethel, and his wife Alma Bernice Pinnell.
He is survived by five brothers and sisters, Ralph Eugene Jr. of Tulsa OK, David Morton of Norman OK, George Lewis of Oklahoma City OK, Sarah Ann Bostwick of Newalla OK, and Martha Gene of Oklahoma City OK; three children, Roy James of Norman OK, Bernice Louise Ailey of Coweta OK and Robert Earl of Flower Mound TX; nine grandchildren, David Potter of Tulsa OK, Lonny Warner of Double Oak TX, Marshall Potter of Tulsa OK, Rita Linch of Flower Mound TX, Paul Warner of Toledo OH, Ron Warner of Owasso OK, Don Warner of Flower Mound TX, Christina Stahlheber of Los Angeles CA and Annie Mora of Norman OK; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The family received visitors on Monday, December 7, 2009 from 6 to 8. A funeral service was held in the chapel of Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment followed in the Noble IOOF Cemetery in Noble, Oklahoma at 3:30 p.m.
Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, Lewisville, Texas is respectively in charge of the arrangements.
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