Individual Details

G. R. Buckner, 88, died Thursday, July 10, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenneth Villandry of Coweta, Okla., and Red Duke of Allison officiating. Burial will be in Dozier Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors.
Mr. Buckner was born in Wise County and had lived in the Shamrock area since 1928. He was a farmer and a rancher. He married Callie Mae Davis in 1930 at Texola, Okla.
Mr. Buckner was a member of Abra Baptist Church in the Abra community. Survivors include his wife; a son, Thomas Buckner of Rio Rancho, N.M.; two daughters, Kaye Ray of Borger and Roselle Taylor of Tucson, Ariz.; six grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News 13 Jul 1997

G. R. Buckner is my father. His legal name was G. R. Buckner. He hated the name George Riley Buckner, Jr. and in 1955 I was with him when he obtained a birth certificate with the name of G. R. Buckner.
Thomas Riley Buckner

Parents:
George Riley Buckner 1869–1958
Ada Lee Littlefield Buckner 1875–1963

Birth	27 Aug 1908	Wise County, Texas
Marriage	2 Feb 1930	Texola, Beckham County, Oklahoma - Callie Mae Davis
Census (family)	25 Apr 1940	Collingsworth County, Texas - Callie Mae Davis
Death	10 Jul 1997	Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas
Burial	13 Jul 1997	Dozier Cemetery, Collingsworth County, Texas

Spouse	Callie Mae Davis (1909 - 2005)
Child	Living
Child	Sondra Kaye Buckner (1939 - 2015)
Child	Thomas Riley Buckner (1941 - 2019)

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