Prentice Waymon (Cotton) Buckner, 98, passed away on Sunday February 12, 2023 in Hewitt Tx.

Cotton was born in Crawford, Texas on October 8, 1924 to Jesse Earl and Rosalee Chamblee Buckner. He attended school in Crawford. In April 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas until May 1946.

On August 31, 1946 Cotton married Bennie Jean Forman in Hobbs, New Mexico. They were married for 69 years until her death on July 19, 2016. He worked as a painter and drywall finisher for J.E. Box construction for several years and then joined the Hobbs fire department where he worked his way up to the position of Captain. They decided to move to Waco, TX in 1974 where he could do what he really loved… to fish. He worked for Dyer construction as a painter and drywall finisher until he retired.

In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. Buckner was preceded in death by his brothers, Horace Ray and Morgan Durwood, sister, Doris Faye Williams and grandson Curtis Lynn Buckner.

Cotton is survived by his sons, Jim Buckner and wife, Linda of Waco, Earnie Buckner and wife Dianna of Waco, grandsons, Jim Kesterson and wife Janet of Owasso, Oklahoma, David Anderson of Huntington Beach, California, granddaughter Ryan Thiele of Ojai, California; and 5 great grandchildren.
No services are planned. A private burial will be held at Crawford Cemetery, Crawford Texas.