Harve Kiser

Graveside services for Harve Arthur Kiser, 93 of Plainview will be held at 11 am Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Plainview Memorial Park, with Danny Andrews, officiating, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 6-8 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the funeral home. Mr. Kiser died Saturday, September 5, 2015 in Plainview after a brief illness.
Harve was born January 13, 1922 in Kiser Hollar, Carter County, Kentucky. He was the youngest son of John and Winnie (Baker) Kiser. John died when Harve was 5 years old. He and his two older brothers worked with their mother on the farm. To help support the family Harve started driving a coal delivery truck when he was 12. In 1939, with his mother's blessing, he joined the Army Air Corps at the age of 17. He was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps (supply) and sent to Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls. There he met Lois Cook, his wife of 69 years.
After the war, they settled in Vernon, Texas where he learned the auto parts business. In 1947 he formed T & O Auto Supply, selling auto parts to garages and service stations door to door. In 1954 the Kisers moved to the Plainview area and operated stores in Lockney, Floydada, Ralls and Hale Center. Opened in 1958, Kiser Auto Parts at 5th & Date continues today as one of Plainview's oldest family-owned and operated businesses.
A lifelong Baptist and Republican, Harve loved his God, his Country, his family, and his dog "Misty".
His wife, Lois; two sons, Samuel Curtis Kiser and Howard Arthur Kiser and brothers, Orville, and Ermill preceded him in death.
Survivors include his oldest son Roy Kiser and wife Barbara; Sam's widow, Patsy Kiser; 4 grandchildren, Roy Jr. and wife Deanna, Risa Woodward, Kempson Kiser, and Blair Kiser and wife Jamie; 6 great grandchildren, Dylan and Margaret Woodward, Shyanne, Cierra, and Crawford Kiser, and Katy Kiser; 3 nieces and 3 nephews.
Memorials in Harve's name may be made to Covenant Hospital Foundation Capital Building Campaign, 2601 Dimmitt Road, Plainview, TX 79072 or the Plainview Humane Society, 500 S.W. Third St., Plainview, TX 79072.