Fred Lowell Risner

Services for Fred Lowell Risner will be Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors Chapel in Waynesboro with Marvin Champion and Lea Thornton officiating. Burial will follow in McGlamery Cemetery in Collinwood with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of arrangements.Mr. Risner, a native of Wayne County, was born July 7, 1937, a son of Lurlean Lee Risner Fairris who survives of Waynesboro and the late Freddie Hobert Risner. He departed this life Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Kindred Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 72 Years, 5 Months, 24 Days. In addition to his father, Mr. Risner was preceded in death by a son, David Risner; and a brother, Morris Risner. Mr. Risner, a retired painter, served in the U.S. Navy during the Viet-Nam conflict and presently attended the United Methodist Church.Other than his mother he is survived by his wife Rose Anne Davis Risner; four sisters, June Warren, Gail Berry, Fonda Corn all of Waynesboro, TN, and Patricia Beckham of Normandy, TN; three step-sons, Bill Dearing of Los Angeles, CA, Eric Dearing and Tommy Dearing both of Memphis, TN; a step-daughter, Lisa Sawyer of Gulf Shores, AL; 7 step-grandchildren