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Kay was born October 20, 1899 in Robertson County, Texas. He was the sixth of eight children born to Ambrose Lee and Lugenia Emiline Smith Brantner. His other siblings, in birth order were Carl Homer, Ray Lillian (Rankin), Reba Irene (Thornton), Ruth Imogene (Fry), Ruby May (Thornton), Coy Lee, and John V.In 1900, at mid-year, the Brantner family moved from Robertson County to the Red Mud community that straddles the Dickens-Kent County line. Ambrose bought a small farm in Kent County. It was here that Kay´s younger brothers, Coy and John were born.
The Alonzo Hoover family moved to Red Mud in 1919. Marie, their oldest, and Kay began dating about 1920 and they were married May 4, 1923. He was 23 and she was 20. They lived on, and farmed the Brantner home place and also rented farm land. Their first children, Alpha Irene, Ralph Lewis, and Doris Marie were born at the home place.
In late 1928, after four successive good crops on the Godfrey farm at Red Mud, they bought a farm in the Beck community, south of Sudan in Lamb County, and moved in 1929. Their last two children, Alma Joyce and Charles Ronald, were born while living in Lamb County.
Kay developed asthma on the dusty Plains and sold the farm in 1944. In 1945, following an interim crop year at Lorenzo, Texas, they bought a grocery story at Jayton, Texas. They would be connected with grocery stores in Jayton, at different locations, until 1970. Also, in 1948 they bought a stock farm east of Jayton, in Stonewall County.
In 1971 Kay and Marie sold the farm and their Jayton home and moved to Spur, Texas to be near kinfolks and long-standing friendships.
Kay died July 3, 1973, following a lengthy bout with cancer. He was interred in Spur Memorial Cemetery.
Marie continued to live in Spur until 1986 when she began residence in nursing homes in the Panhandle of Texas. She later resided at the Kent County Nursing Home in Jayton, Texas from December, 1991 until her death at age 98 on February 23, 2002. She was also interred in Spur Memorial Cemetery.
The complete story of Kay and Marie and their relatives, including genealogical information in included in the internet link below.
Submitted by Ron Brantner.
Services for K. P. Brantner, 73, who died at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday [July 3, 1973] in Crosbyton Hospital following a lengthy illness, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday [July 5, 1973] in the Spur Church of Christ. Officiating will be Jim Chism, assisted by Ben Pectol of New Home.Burial will be in Spur Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
Born Oct. 20, 1899, in Robertson County, he married Marie Hoover May 4, 1923, in Dickens. He was a retired stock farmer and retail grocer. He lived in Kent and Dickens Counties from 1900 until 1970 when he moved to Spur.
Survivors include his wife, Marie of Spur; three daughters, Mrs. Irene Lemley of Houston, Mrs. Doris Maness of Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Joyce Morin of Levelland; two sons, Ralph of Stratford and Ronald of Winter Park, Fla., one brother, John, of Girard; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Rankin of Spur, Mrs. Reba Thornton of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Ruth Fry of Texline; 13 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
©The Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Wednesday,July 4, 1973
Submitted by Ron Brantner.
Graveside services for Pearl Marie Hoover Brantner, 98, of Jayton were held at 2:00 p.m. February 26, 2002 at Spur Cemetery with her son, Ron Brantner, and grandson Gary Lemley Officiating. Services were under the direction of Weathersbee Funeral Home of Rotan.
She died Saturday, February 23, 2002 in Jayton, Texas.
Mrs. Brantner was born September 18, 1903 in Comanche County, the oldest of 14 children born to Alonzo and Ada Belle Hoover. She moved with her parents to Dickens County in 1914. She married Kay Parrak Brantner May 4, 1921 in Dickens.
After several years farming in the Red Mud community, Kay and Marie purchased a tract of land in a newly-developed farming area in Lamb County and moved to the farm in early 1929. They farmed in the Beck community south of Sudan until 1945, when they moved to Jayton.
During their years at Jayton, Marie and Kay operated grocery stores at several locations, and also owned a stock farm in Stonewall County. Following retirement, they moved to Spur in 1971 to enjoy the proximity of relatives and longstanding friendships. Marie continued to live in Spur following Kay´s death July 3, 1973. She had been a resident in the Kent County Nursing Home at Jayton since December 5, 1991.
In August 1924, during a summer meeting at a brush arbor at Red Mud, Kay and Marie were baptized in Tom McArthur´s stock tank by Robert C. Jones. They were members of the Church of Christ all their remaining years.
Marie was also preceded in death by her granddaughter, Camille (Maness), in 1976; her oldest son, Ralph, in 1997; and her youngest daughter, Joyce (Wooten), in 2001. Survivors include three children: Irene Lemley of Houston; Doris Maness of Conway, Arkansas; and Ron Brantner of Ruidoso, New Mexico. She is also survived by sisters Lee Oma Cross and Norma Arnold of Spur, and Robbie Briscoe of Levelland.
At the time of her death, Marie had 47 descendants, including 13 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and six great, great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to The Lubbock Children´s Home, 4510 Idalou Road, Lubbock, TX 79403.
©The Texas Spur Thursday, February 28, 2002
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