Robert Edward "Sonny" Cosner Jr.

COSNER, Robert "Sonny" Edward Jr., age 64, of McGregor, Texas, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at his residence with his wife at his side. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Metea Baptist Church near Logansport, Ind., where a visitation will be held one hour prior to services. There will also be a visitation held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 20, 2008, at the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco, Texas. Sonny was born June 23, 1944 in Kents Store, Va., to Robert and May Cosner. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Sonny and Patricia Ann Pickens were married in 1967. He began his career at Overnite Transportation Company, where he worked for 33 years as director of maintenance at USF Dugan in Wichita, Kan., before becoming Vice President of Maintenance at Central Freight Lines. Sonny was a member of Harris Creek Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, brother, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Edward Cosner Sr.; and stepfather, Russell Lee Marks. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; mother, May Elizabeth Cosner Marks of Goochland, Va.; sons, Raymond Scott Cosner and wife, Christa, of Paducah, Ky. and Robert Sean Cosner and wife, Kimberly, of Richmond, Va.; grandchildren, Hardin, Davis, Christian, Mason, Dalton, Reagan and Emerson Cosner. Also surviving are his sisters, Goldie May Tabb and husband, Charles, of Richmond, Va., and Denise Lee Stark of Goochland, Va.; brother, Charles Russell Cosner and wife, Jaquelin, of Glen Allen, Va.; two nieces and one nephew. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity. The guest book may be signed and messages left for the family at www.gundrumfuneralhome.com or www.wilkirsonhatchbailey.com
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.