ALBERT CHRIESTENSON

Albert Dewayne Chriestenson, 77, of Texarkana, Ark., died Sunday, May 10, 2009. <br />Mr. Chriestenson was born March 25, 1932, in Osage City, Kan. He was a retired logger, a member of Victory Temple Pentecostal Church of God and an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by two great-grandchildren, Dillon Blake Gerrald and Kelli Jo Stewart. <br />Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Roberts Chriestenson of Texarkana; two daughters, Barbara Stewart and Sharon Hulett of Texarkana; four sons, Tommy Chriestenson, David Chriestenson and Bobby Chriestenson of Texarkana and Roy Chriestenson of Ashdown, Ark.; three sisters, Mary Wilson of Fouke, Ark., Alice Wilson of Norfolk, Va., and Opal Tidd of Neosho Falls, Kan.; two brothers, Bill Chriestenson of Ashdown and Floyd Chriestenson of Mineral Wells, Texas; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives. <br />Services will be 10 a.m. today at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas. Burial with military rites will be in East Memorial Gardens. <br />Memorials may be made to Hospice of Texarkana, 803 Spruce Street, Texarkana, TX, 75501. <br />Relatives will be at the family home, 5643 Line Ferry Road, Texarkana, Ark. <br />Online registration is at www.texarkanafuneralhome.com. <br /> <br />