Wayne Marcus Stansberry

1925 - 2017

Wayne Stansberry, 92, passed away Sunday, May 28,2017 after a brief illness. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, at Shannon Rose Hill Chapel and Funeral Home. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Wayne was born Jan. 2, 1925, in Waxahachie. Wayne married the love of his life, Dorothy Maxine Powell in May 1952. Tuesday, May 30th would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. Family was very important to Wayne and he was very involved in the lives of his children, Barbara and Gary, as well as his grandchildren, Ryan, Carolyn and Andrew. Wayne spent his entire professional career as a parts manager at Pontiac and Oldsmobile dealerships in Fort Worth including Frontier Pontiac, Jernigan Pontiac, Helfman Pontiac, Ryan Olds and Meador Olds. He had an uncanny knack for remembering 8-10 digit part numbers and their bin locations off the top of his head. In his earlier life, Wayne was an accomplished fast pitch softball pitcher and owned several drag racing cars. Wayne was proceeded in death by all of his siblings Billy Bob, Edward, Raymond, Leon, Vera Fowler, Leada Farmer and Robbie Cunningham. Survivors: Wife nearly 65 years, Dorothy; daughter, Barbara Williams of Orange City, Fla.; son, Gary Stansberry (Stacy) of Boerne; grandson, Ryan Williams (Susannah) of Long Island City, N.Y.; granddaughter, Carolyn Kahle (Jason) of Boerne; and grandson, Andrew Stansberry of Los Angeles, Calif.