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Friday October 04, 2002 
  

 James Roger Garner
ODESSA - James Roger Garner, a servant of God and loving husband and father, has 
fought the good fight of faith and has taken hold of the eternal life to which 
he was called (I Timothy 6:12). James passed from this earthly life and into 
eternal life on Oct. 2, 2002, at the age of 53.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Sixth and Jackson Church of 
Christ with Larry Roberts officiating. Interment will take place at Sunset 
Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be John Michael Christopher, Dennis Clay, 
Craig Echols, Pat Peeples, Craig Petrosky and Johnny Lasiter. Honorary 
pallbearers will be the elders and deacons of the Sixth and Jackson Church of 
Christ. Services have been entrusted to Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
James was born on Feb. 15, 1949, in Austin to Claude R. Garner and Helen Ruth 
Harrell Garner. The family moved to Odessa in the early 1950s.
James graduated from Permian High School in 1967. He played on the 1965 Permian 
High School state championship football team as a defensive end. He later 
graduated from Rice University, where he attended on a football scholarship.
James married Deby Scott on Aug. 10, 1969, in Odessa, where the couple 
eventually raised their two children, Jamie and Jackson.
At the time of his passing, James was an employee of Huntsman, where he worked 
as a chemical purchasing manager.
James was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Deby; 
daughter, Jamie Lyn Flowers and husband Jody Flowers of Wylie; son, Jackson 
Scott Garner of Odessa; mother, Helen Garner of Odessa; brother, Richard Garner 
and wife Montie Garner of Odessa; sister, Kay Robbins and husband Darel Robbins 
of Abilene; and several other loving family members.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Permian Basin 
Rehabilitation Center, Hospice House, or Odessa Christian School.
James began the most important part of his life, his walk with God, when he was 
baptized into Jesus Christ. James loved and served the church faithfully, 
teaching children's and adult Bible classes, serving as a deacon, and 
shepherding as an elder at the Sixth and Jackson Church of Christ, where he was 
a lifelong member.
James also loved and served his family. Together, he and Deby helped instill in 
their children a love for God. James spoke proudly of Jamie and Jackson, who are 
now Christian adults. For example, James loved to tell how Jamie and Jackson, 
while in Dallas during James' surgery, reached out and ministered to others 
around them in the hospital.
Perhaps the unique closeness between James, Deby, Jamie and Jackson is best 
described by a nurse at Hospice House who said, "I've never seen a family who 
loves each other so much. They care so much for one another."
Throughout James' life, and also during his illness, James and his family have 
clung to the promises of God, such as that found in II Timothy 4:7-8, "I have 
fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now 
there is in store for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day -- and not only me, but also to 
all who have longed for his glorious appearing."  
  
  
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