Walter Cranmer

Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 5 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. Walter was born June 9, 1939 in a farmhouse outside of Conway, Texas to Elmer and Mary Elizabeth Nepper Cranmer. The family relocated to Canyon in 1948 to run a dairy. He married Janice Yarbrough November 2, 1958 in Amarillo. They had the pleasure of raising four children out on the family dairy farm. He operated a dairy in Randall County from 1956 to 1991 and then became a dairy cattle buyer. Walter was a member of the Randall County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for 40 years. He was involved with the Randall County Junior Livestock Association all his life. He was a loving and giving man, who enjoyed many camping trips in the mountains with friends and family when the kids were young. Walter was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edgar Cranmer; and a sister, Sharon McCarley. Survivors include the mother of his children, Janice Yarbrough Cranmer, of Canyon; four children, Stan Cranmer and wife, Heidi, of Amarillo, Jana Cranmer, Joni Rikel and husband, Randy, Ty Cranmer and wife, Robyn, all of Canyon; three sisters, Dorothy Masten, Peggy Ferguson, both of Canyon, and Leta Rolen, of Amarillo; sister-in-law, Linda Cranmer, of Canyon; ten grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. The family suggests memorials be made to the Walter Cranmer Memorial Fund in care of First United Bank, 801 23rd St, Canyon, TX 79015 to benefit the students of the Randall County Junior Livestock Show.