Individual Details

Thomas Riley Buckner & Rex Wilson shared 20 cM of DNA across 2 segments.

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Self-Employed
Studied at West Texas A&M University
Went to Samnorwood ISD
Lived in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
From Shamrock, Texas
Married to Sue Buckner

Thomas Riley Buckner, 78, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, died December 13, 2019. He came from humble beginnings in Shamrock, Texas.
At age 38, he earned his under- graduate and Masters in Finance at West Texas State University. He was a banker, a bank examiner, an artist, and a loving husband and father. Tom also was a lifelong Democrat and devoted his life to civil service. Tom wanted his efforts to count. In “retirement,�?Tom campaigned tirelessly to elect local, state, federal Democrats. Tom was appointed to the New Mexico Electoral College to be one of five members to vote for Barack Obama in 2008. He loved politicking. Tom delighted in painting, with 380 oil paintings in his catalog. He often gifted his works to his friends, a few of which hang in offices in Santa Fe. Tom lived his life with honesty, integrity, generosity, a fervor for education and exploration. He touched the lives of people around the world. In the face of adversity, whether it was car trouble or political strife, Tom would utter the old adage: “Don’t curse the darkness—light a candle.�?/font

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Birth	21 Mar 1941	Shamrock, Dallas County, Texas
Marriage	14 Jun 1969	Potter County, Texas - Living
Residence	1 Dec 1998	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Death	13 Dec 2019	Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Burial		Dozier Cemetery, Collingsworth County, Texas

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	George Riley Buckner Jr. (1908 - 1997)
Mother	Callie Mae Davis (1909 - 2005)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Sondra Kaye Buckner (1939 - 2015)

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