Eula Risner

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Dale Bigham, pastor of Arden Road Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Dreamland Cemetery Eula Faye Risner was born on September 22, 1930 in Marlow, Oklahoma to Clinton and Ruth Rice Dodson. She grew up in Canyon and married James Risner, Sr. on October 18, 1947 in Canyon. She owned and operated Faye"s Beauty Salon in the 1970"s. They moved to Abilene in 1978 and lived there for 18 years before moving back to Canyon where she spent time with family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother, grandma, and memaw and will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. She was a member of Arden Road Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Risner, Sr., in 1996, her sister, Gladys Dodson, and her brother, Nick Dodson. Faye"s family would like to thank Bivins Rehabilitation, BSA CCU, and BSA Hospice for the support and special care they provided. She is survived by her children, James Risner, Jr. and wife, Karen, of Lawrence, KS, Greg Risner and wife, Sheila, of Santa Fe, TX, and Cheri Leonard and husband, Carl, of Canyon; seven grandchildren, Heather, April and husband, Eric, Amy and fiancé Noe, Brandon, Jeremiah, Emily, and Shane; nine great grandchildren, Blake, Josh, Brooklyn, Autumn, Summer, Briana, Jacob, Jackson, and Zachary; a sister-in-law, Kass Dodson; a brother-in-law, Buck Risner and wife, Vickie; four nephews, Harvey Risner, Jerry Risner, Mike Dodson, and Cody Dodson; and numerous friends. The family suggests memorials to Baptist St. Anthony"s Hospice, PO Box 950, Amarillo, Texas 79176.