General Information

Birth
26 MAR 1857
Louisiana
Death
19 NOV 1950
Burial
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX

Notes

Notes: Buried next to Johnnie Risinger and Geral D. Baxley. "THE PARIS NEW, 20 November, 1950.

J.J. Risinger, 93 died at home, Route 2, Paris, Sunday morning at 8:10 o'clock. A farmer east of town for 65 years, he had been a school teacher and also served as Justic of the Peace in earlier years. He was born in Louisiana, 26 March, 1857, and came to Texas at the age of nine. He was a member of the Mount Oliver Baptist Church. The funeral, Monday afternoon 2 o'clock was arranged at Brown-Roden Funeral Home, the Rev. O.L. LaRue, here and the Rev. Frank Marshall, Fort Worth, officiating. Burial was to be made in Union Grove Cemetery. Mr. Risinger married Miss Rosa Hendrix in1884 and she died in 1902, their children being Mrs. Frank Hearn, Mrs. Ed Elliott, Charlie Risinger and Henry Risinger, all of Paris, TX. In 1906 he married Miss Melissa Ozella Barnett, and she and these children surive also: Joe W. Risinger, Tommy Risinger, Sam Risinger, James Risinger and Mrs. Bob Binder, all of Paris, TX; Mrs. Lawrence Dawson, Lubbock, TX; Mrs. W.A. Lunceford, Winnsboro, TX and a step daughter, Mrs Ruth Wilson, living in Minnesota; 31 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Pink Anderson, McAlester, OK and Mrs. George Bell of Compton, CA;

Parents

John Denis Risinger
- Father
1836 - 1905
Birth
1836
Bibb County, AL
Death
1905
Burial
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX
Mary E. Burris
- Mother
1840 - 1880
Birth
1840
Louisiana
Death
1880
Burial
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX

Spouses

Johnnie
- Wife
Rosa N. Hendrix
- Wife
1870 - 1902
Birth
2 APR 1870
Married
1884
Death
12 OCT 1902
Burial
13 OCT 1902
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX
Ozella Barnett
- Wife
1886 - 1963
Birth
11 MAR 1886
Married
1906
Death
10 DEC 1963
Burial
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX

Children

Charley Risinger
- Son
1894 - 1968
Birth
27 SEP 1894
Death
DEC 1968
Paris, Lamar County, TX
Johnnie Risinger
- Son
1900 - 1934
Birth
9 JUN 1900
Death
27 OCT 1934
Burial
Union Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, TX
Inez Risinger
- Daughter
Birth
1890
Henry D. Risinger
- Son
1897 - 1975
Birth
1897
Death
6 SEP 1975
Burial
Meadowbrook Cemetery
Annie E. Risinger
- Daughter
Birth
1888
Willis L. Risinger
- Son
Birth
1885
Joe Wesley Pappy Risinger
- Son
1909 - 1999
Birth
9 MAY 1909
Death
2 JAN 1999
Paris, TX
Burial
4 JAN 1999
Mt. Olive Cemetery, Paris, TX
Ruby Risinger
- Daughter