Funeral services for John V. Brantner, 71, Kent County rancher, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday [August 28, 1977] in the Girard Church of Christ. Don Dawes, minister, officiated at the service.Mr. Brantner died August 26 [1977] at the Spur Care Center. He had lived most of his life in Kent County. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Opal Mae Brantner, Girard; two foster children, Mrs. V. O. Murray, Lubbock and Mr. John R. Booth, Fairfield; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Rankin, Spur and Mrs Reba I. Thornton, Ft. Worth.
Nephews served as pallbearers. Burial was in Red Mud Cemetery.
Unidentified newspaper clipping, 1977
Services for Opal Mae Brantner, 87, of Spur were Saturday, March 27, 1999 at the Hwy 70 Church of Christ, Bob Martin and Robert Pierce officiated. Burial was in the Red Mud Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.Mrs. Brantner died Wednesday March 24, 1999 in Lubbock. She was born May 20, 1911 in Palo Pinto County, Texas. She married John Brantner May 13, 1932 in Dickens, Texas. He preceded her in death August 26, 1977. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband with the farming and ranching. She lived in Kent and Dickens Counties most of her life. She lived in Spur for the last 21 years.
Survivors include one son, John Riley Boothe, Fairfield; one daughter, Janice Murray, Lubbock; one sister, Ruby Fullerton, Quitman, LA; five grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, April 1, 1999, page seven
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