This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garner, Williams, Walden Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8677 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 2 June 2005 A memorial service for Robert E. Garner, 67, was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo with Dr. Jim Bandkhead and Max Brown officiating. Graveside services were held Saturday, May 28, 2005, at Sharp Cemetery in Rockdale. Mr. Garner died Wednesday, May 25. He was born Dec. 2, 1937, in Milam County to Hicks and Bessie (Williams) Garner. Mr. Garner was a graduate of Sharp High School, received his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech University and his law degree from Baylor University School of Law. He began his 45 years of practicing law in Lubbock and in 1977 he moved to Amarillo. Mr. Garner was a partner of Whittenburg, Whittenburg, Garner & Stein at the time of his death. He was certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and certified in civil trial and personal injury law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In December 2003, he was honored by the Panhandle Trial Lawyers Association as its first recipient of the Temple Houston Award in recognition of his skills and successes as a trial lawyer. Survivors are his wife, Carolyn Walden Garner; a son, Robert Kyle Garner of Amarillo; three daughters, Synde Garner and Ronald Matschek of Amarillo, Jan Garner Tankersley of Lubbock, Jennifer Garner and Tim Nicholson of Amarillo; eight grandchildren, Carter, Kelsey, Camron and Casen Matschek, Avrey and Allye Tankersley, Dolan and Margaret Nicholson; five sisters, Mildred Holcomb of Lubbock, Bonnie and Clayton Dark of Lufkin, Helen and Henry Abel of Buckholts, Martha and Dan Garth of Lubbock, Beverly and Norman Key of Austin. Memorials may be sent to the Sharp Cemetery Association, 7949 N. FM 487, Rockdale, TX 76567 or BSA Hospice in care of Olivia’s Angels, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001.