of Conway, AR

November 23, 1915 - November 29, 2006

Warren Klayer Stanford, age 91 of Conway, Arkansas died Wednesday, November 29th, 2006. He was born November 23, 1915 in Nicaragua to the late George Warren Stanford & Felicia Dorothy Klayer

Warren lived in various cities including New Orleans, Jackson, Mississippi, Camden, Arkansas, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Little Rock and Conway, Arkansas. He graduated from Arkansas A&M and had met and married Edna Eveline Herring of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky 64 years ago on August 19, 1942.

He is survived by his wife of the home, two daughters, Eveline Rivers & her husband Wayne of Amarillo, Texas and Marilyn Lewallen & her husband Tim of Little Rock, Arkansas. They have been blessed with 5 grandchildren, Todd Rivers and his wife Dawn of Conway, Arkansas, Allison Rivers Floyd and her husband Quintin, of Amarillo, Texas and Rusty Rivers, formerly of Amarillo, now deceased, Reed Lewallen and Whitney Lewallen both of Little Rock, Arkansas and 7 great grand children. They are Lauren, Austin & Tanner Rivers of Conway and Quinci, Linzi, Logan & Braxton Floyd of Amarillo, Texas.

Warren was an engineer for the Arkansas Highway Department on 2 different occasions. Between those stints, he was a builder in Covington, Kentucky. Warren and Edna moved to Conway, Arkansas in 1964 and Warren accepted the position of Engineer for the City of Conway Street Department in June of 1966. At the age of 90, he was still working as a consultant for the Street Department. He received his 40 year Service Pin on March 16, 2006 for his second career.

Warren is a very faithful and dedicated member of St Joseph Catholic Church in Conway, Arkansas for the last 42 years. His hobbies include gardening, raising prize-winning roses, any activity of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, fishing and all outdoor activities.

He is most proud of his 2 beautiful daughters, Eveline and Marilyn and accepts his Sons-In-Law. Also surviving Warren is his long time family friend, Tommy Fowlkes.

Mass of Christian Burial will be said Saturday, 11:00 a.m., December 2nd at St. Joseph Catholic Church of Conway officiated by Father Tom Byrne C.S.Sp. with burial in Crestlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday with Rosary following at 7:00 pm. at Roller McNutt Funeral Home of Conway (501.327.7727).

Pallbearers will be: His two grandsons: Todd Rivers and Reed Lewallen; Tommy Fowlkes, Ronnie Hall, Randy Evans, Steve Martin and Quintin Floyd.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1315 College Ave., Conway, AR. 72034 or the Eveline Rivers Christmas Project, 6104 Gainsborough Rd., Amarillo, Texas 79106

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