Extracted from The Bryan-College Station Eagle (Bryan, TX)
Friday, July 25, 2003

Josephine `Jo' Garner
June 24, 1920 -- July 24, 2003

Services for Josephine ``Jo'' Garner, 83, of Bryan are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillier Funeral Home.

The Rev. D.R. Clark of Caney Creek Pentecostal Church in Conroe will officiate. Burial will be in the Steep Hollow Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillier Funeral Home.

Mrs. Garner died Thursday at Sherwood Healthcare Center.

She was a lifetime resident of Bryan and the owner of Garner's Bait Shop in Bryan. Mrs. Garner was a member of Central Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lamar William Garner.

Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, David and Linda Garner of Conroe, Kenneth and Janette Garner and Duane and Leah Ann Garner, all of Bryan; four daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Ron Rietz of San Antonio, JoAnn and Leon Williamson of College Station, Debra and Bubba Sebesta of Caldwell and Donna and David Haley of Bryan; 20 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 3833 S. Texas Ave., Suite 216, Bryan, Texas 77802.