<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/robert-garner.html" dsn="news"><item_date>09/26/2017 8:32:00 am</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Robert</firstname><middlename>Lee</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Garner</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'58</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Robert Garner</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Robert Lee Garner (’58), Southlake. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before attending North Texas. He was a photographer for the Yucca yearbook. After several business adventures, he taught vocational education for 30 years at Trinity High School in the H.E.B. ISD until his retirement. He earned a master’s degree from East Texas State University. He was a volunteer for the Southlake police and fire departments. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Billie Jeane Purvis (’58), whom he met at North Texas.</main-content></item>