Ranger Exes Memorial - RHS Class of 1930

BONNIE SPINDLE KEENER was born on Aug. 18, 1910, the daughter of M. Lee & Luna Spindle. She attended Ranger High School at Ranger, TX. She had two brothers, T.J. Spindle (RHS-1926) and Marlin L. (RHS-1932), and two sisters, Lola Lee Forbes (RHS-1940) of Andrews, TX and Jettie Mae Morgan. She married Harvie Jack Keener of Ranger in June of 1931. Jack Keener, born July 10, 1909, attended schools in Thurber. Bonnie died Oct. 23, 1979 and Jack Keener died on Jan. 2, 1988. They had lived in Houston and had five children, Pat Keener, Betty Childers, Frankie Cordray, Jane Ramsey & Mike Keener. SISTER: JETTIE MAE SPINDLE MORGAN was the daughter of M. Lee & Luna Spindle. She was an older sister to Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Spindle (RHS-1926), Marlin L. Spindle (RHS-1932), Bonnie Keener (RHS-1930), & Lola Lee Forbes (RHS-1940) of Andrews, TX. She married Jess Morgan and they had two daughters, Diava Couch & Sue Peterson. She worked for years at the Ranger Hill. SON: BILLY J. "PAT" KEENER passed away on Aug. 13, 2024, with burial in Klein Memorial Park Cemetery at Tomball, TX. He was born in Ranger, TX on Aug. 22, 1932, son of Harvey J. & Bonnie Spindle Keener. After graduating from Pasadena High School in 1949 at 16 years of age, he entered the oil industry workforce with Humble Oil and Refining Company. During his tenure with Humble Oil, he served four years with the USAF in Europe. Honorably discharged in 1955, he completed his college education through three universities - the University of Maryland (while in the military), the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston in Houston, where he graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Personnel Management. Upon graduation, he re-entered the workforce and spent his 38-year oil industry career in Employee Relations management (now Human Resources), primarily with The Superior Oil Co. in Houston, TX. He took pride in making sure that Superior Oil hired the highest quality employees, paid above average wages and provided the best benefit programs in the industry. He was dedicated to helping Superior employees, retirees and/ or surviving spouses, advising them of their benefits and guiding them in their time of need. Even after his retirement in 1987, he continued his involvement with Superior retirees and alumni by forming monthly luncheons, annual reunions, retiree directories and updated benefit information. He retired early to spend more time with family, traveling with his lovely wife Davlyn, ranching and training horses which was his life-long hobby. He enjoyed sports, having lettered in High School football and baseball. Along with travel, he also loved art, gardening, helping family and friends and spending time with grandchildren and great- grandchildren. He was an exemplary husband, father and grandfather, member of several organizations including educational, military, business, religious, civic and community. He also helped to support several charitable organizations with primary emphasis on the needs of young children and their families. He is preceded in death by his cherished wife of 67 years, Davlyn Whitten Keener; his son, Gregory Keener; his parents, Harvey and Bonnie Keener; and sisters, Linda Jeannette Ramsey and Frankie May Cordray. He is survived by his daughter, Michele L. Keener of New York City, New York; grandchildren, Ryan Patrick Keener and wife Ashley Keener, and Kylie Allysa Forte & husband Aaron Forte of Wharton, Texas; daughter-in-law Brenda Keener of Wharton, Texas; great-grandchildren Allison Fojtik, Elizabeth Keener, & Indigo Forte; sister Betty June Childers of Houston, Texas; brother Michael Wayne Keener and wife Brenda of Houston along with numerous nieces and nephews and countless friends and colleagues.