Kenneth Eugene Banister's Obituary
CLAUDE SERVICES - 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 7, 2007, in the Robertson Funeral Directors Chapel of Memories in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Retired Baptist Minister, officiating. INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon Mr. Banister was born July 18, 1932, to Fletcher Elbert and Ollie Maggie Brown Banister in Hedley, Texas. He married Leota Marshall on January 1, 1952 in Clarendon. He had lived in Amarillo before moving to Claude 30 years ago. He had worked for Amarillo Road Company prior to his retirement. He was a lifetime member of the Panhandle Kennel Club, French Bulldog Club of America, and a charter member of the French Bulldog Club of Dallas/Ft. Worth. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Claude. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents; a son, Kenneth Dwight Banister on November 15, 1982; 3 brothers; and 3 sisters. SURVIVORS - his wife, Leota Banister of Claude; 2 daughters, Denise Compton and husband David of Hurst, and Donna Banister Spohn and husband Tony of Claude; 1 brother, Robert Banister of Cario, Georgia; 1 sister, Barbara Lee and husband Loy of Sanger; one granddaughter, Jennifer Bibles and husband Charles of Sanche; 5 grandsons, Kenneth Compton & D.C. Compton both of Hurst, and June, Jonah and Jacob Lara of Claude; one great-grandson, David “Peanut“ Compton of Hurst.
The family request that memorials be to Valet Parking at BSA Hospital, BSA Hospice, or Claude EMS. THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 300 Alamo Street / Claude, Texas 79019 / Phone #: (806)226-7012
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