Billy Joe Garner

Bridgeport~ Billy Garner, 84, went to be with our Lord, May 2, 2019, in Decatur.

Funeral is 3:00 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2019 at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial in East Bridgeport Cemetery. Family will receive friends 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport.

Rev. Barney Hudson will officiate. Pallbearers are David Horne, Christian Mills, Lane Edwards, Alan Horne, Bob Watkins, Curtis Rich.

Billy was born June 29, 1934 to Claude and Ollie (Weatherall) Garner in Ackerman, Mississippi. He was united in marriage to Frances (Yother) Garner on February 2, 1957. He retired after 20 years in the United States Air Force having proudly served our country. He was a member of the Zion Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Frances (Yother) Garner; his daughter, Debra Ann Wright; his brothers, Robert Garner, John Garner, Claude Garner Jr., Willie Garner, and Leon Garner; his sisters, Ann Howell, Eva Krebs, and Claudine McKnight.

Those left behind to cherish his memory are his daughter, Shay Lynn Garner of Bridgeport; his grandchildren, Christina Cordell of Weatherford, Jeniffer Horne and husband Alan of Bridgeport, John Wright of Weatherford, and Crystal Smith of Chico; his great-grandchildren, Jenna Cordell, Shaya Edwards, Lane Edwards, Raelyn Horne, and Christian Mills; other relatives and a host of friends