ANN H. GARDNER, age 94 of Amarillo, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in Amarillo.
Funeral Service will be held on Friday August 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Second Baptist Church. Brother Wayne Griffin of Second Baptist, Dr. Charles Jones of Hollywood Road Fellowship, and the Rev. Scott Raef of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia.
Ann was born in Knoxville, TN on January 24, 1919. She graduated from Panhandle High School and worked for the Social Security Administration for 42 years. She married the love of her life, V.R. Gardner. Together they celebrated fifty years of loving and joyous marriage on earth and are now reunited in Heaven.
Ann was a long time member of Second Baptist Church and an active member in the music program. She was also a beloved guest for six years at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.
She enjoyed the mountains and the vacation cabin in Eagle Nest. Famous for sugar cookies, Ann was affectionately known as the “Cookie Lady.”
She was preceded in death by her husband and by her sister, Madie.
She is survived by her son, James Gardner and his wife Carol of Amarillo; three grandchildren, Cassi, Christopher and Matthew; one great-grandson, Tristen; and a niece, Donna Keeney
The family suggests memorials to Second Baptist Church Music Ministry, 419 North Buchanan, Amarillo, Texas 79107.