Funeral services for Mr. Dennis Mitchell Horner, Sr., 90 year old Bonham resident (formerly of Greenville), are scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday October 20, 2012 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel at Leonard. Brother Bobby Sparks of Emanual Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville will officiate. Burial will be in the Leonard Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 P.M. until service time Saturday October 20, 2012.
Mr. Horner was born October 24, 1921 at Prairie Hill, Texas. His parents were Jerry and Bell Horner. He grew up and attended school at Prairie Hill, Hickory Creek and Celeste High School. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1946 and he participated in the European Theatre. He moved to Long Beach, California where he met and married Dorothy Miller and together they reared four children. He attained his real estate sales/broker license in Antelope Valley, Ca. He returned to Greenville, TX in 1976 and continued in real estate, retiring in the mid 80’s. He was a 32 degree Mason. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 335 in Greenville, a member of Scottish Rite Masonry of Dallas and Hella Shriners of Garland. He was a member of Emanual Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville. He passed away at the Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans’ Home in Bonham Monday October 15, 2012.
He is survived by a sister and brother-in-law: Louise and Bill Caldwell; a son: Dennis Horner, Jr.; daughters and sons-in-law: Terrie and Don Rizer, Karen and David Smith and Barbara and Leonard Cederburg; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by two brothers and sisters and one grandson.