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Burma W. Fenner

Port Lavaca—Burma Wood Fenner, 89, of Port Lavaca, and formerly of Edna, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2000.

She was born April 18, 1911, in Cranfills. She was a retired welfare case worker for Jackson County and the Texas Department of Public Welfare. She was a member of Edna Presbyterian Church.

Survivors: nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by: husband, William W. Fenner.

Visitation will be 7 to 8:30 p. m. Monday at Slavik Funeral Home Chapel.

Graveside services will be 10 a. m. Tuesday at Memory Gardens of Edna.

Memorial services will be 10:45 a. m. Tuesday at Edna Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Jim Davis officiating. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, (361) 782-2152.

Memorials: Edna Presbyterian Church.

Victoria Advocate, August 27, 2000          
 

Cecil Don “Donnie” Fenner

Edna – Cecil Don “Donnie” Fenner, of Edna, Texas, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the age of 85. He was born in Cordele, Texas on June 1, 1930, to the late Oscar Brenhurst (“O. B.”) Fenner and Leta Brigham Fenner.

Donnie was a retired rice farmer and rancher in northern Jackson County. Donnie was active for many years in Farm Bureau. He received a Texas Farm Bureau Pioneer Award in 2008 to reflect his impact on the organization over the years. He joined the Jackson County Farm Bureau in 1955 and through the years since that time has served as president, vice president and secretary-treasurer of the organization. At the state level, he served as a member of the Resolutions and Legislative committees and he chaired the Rice Committee. He was director of Edna Rice Elevators and served on various rice related committees.

He was a former director of the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority. He was a graduate of Texas A & I and veteran of the United States Air Force.

Donnie loved being about boats and lakes. He had a home in Lakeway, TX for many years and could be found there almost every weekend until very late in his life. He and his wife went on cruises all over the world, with his favorite being on board the QE2 in Europe for the 50^th anniversary of D-Day.

Donnie is survived by his loving wife, Fern Barron Fenner; his son, Charles Oscar (“Charlie”) Fenner of Houston; his sister, Marjorie Nell Bolling also of Houston; his daughter-in-law, Nancy Koch Fenner of El Campo; and his three grandchildren, Scott Fenner Jr., Jonathan Fenner and Natalie Tsavachidou Fenner.

Donnie was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Scott Fenner; his sister, LaNoe Scherer and his brother, O. B. Fenner, Jr.

Following a private family burial service, a public Memorial service will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 11 a. m. in the First United Methodist Church of Edna. Reverend Adam Knapp will officiate. Refreshments will be served at the church following the service.

Memorials may be made to the C. O. Fenner Charitable Foundation, 1970 County Road 229, Ganado, TX 77962, the First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 790, Edna, TX 77957, or another charity of the donor’s choice.

Arrangements are under the direction of Oaklawn Funeral Home in Edna. 361-782-2221.

Victoria Advocate, January 10, 2016
 

Charles Fenner

Edna—Funeral services for Charles Fenner, 81, a native of Jackson County and resident of Garland the past seven years, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday from the Edna Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. George Crofoot Jr. officiating.

Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Members of the Masonic Lodge will be pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Slavik Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Fenner was born in this county March 28, 1892, and was a farmer and rancher here for many years before moving to Port Lavaca and then to Garland. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He died Saturday in a Garland hospital.

Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Mae McCurry of Dallas.

Victoria Advocate, November 5, 1973
 

Charles I. Fenner

Edna—Funeral services for Charles Ivan Fenner, 73, of Cordele, who died at his ranch Thursday afternoon, will be held at 3 p. m. Saturday at the Edna Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Richard Stone officiating.

Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service.

Pallbearers will be Garvice Shoemate, Gail Morton, Maurice Hicks, W. H. Webernick Jr,. Charles Davenport and Kenneth Peck. Honorary pallbearers will be Floyd Larkin, W. H. Webernick Sr., James Knudsen, Dean Morton, Steven Peoples, Willard Hultquist, Allen Stafford, Clyde Morton, Clyde Gerald, Paul Dittrich, Dennis Morton and Callaway Vance.

Mr. Fenner, a prominent retired farmer and rancher, was born Aug. 20, 1908, at Goldenrod and was a lifelong resident of the Cordele area.

He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Fenner, and on May 29, 1931, was married to Katherine Creed of Roxton. He was a member of the Edna Presbyterian Church, the Jackson County Farm Bureau and the Texas Southwest Cattle Association.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Ellen Fenner, and a brother, O. B. Fenner.

He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Cordele; and a sister, Mary Claire Stormont of Victoria.

Victoria Advocate, August 22, 1981