March 21, 1952 January 17, 2026
Walton Carroll “Pete” Risinger, 73, of Center, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 17, 2026, at home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral service was at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Todd Jenkins officiated. Interment followed at Patroon Cemetery in the Patroon Community of Shelby County.
Born March 21, 1952, in Shelby County, Walton is the son of J.T. Risinger and Blanch Phillips Risinger. He was a proud graduate of Mauriceville High School and later attended Lamar College. After working in refineries in the Beaumont area, he returned home to Shelby County in 1983, where he spent ten years at the City of Center and the next twenty years serving Shelby County in Precinct 3 until his retirement.
Outside work, he found his greatest joy in family and being outdoors. He loved team roping, fishing with his grandchildren, and passing along his skills by teaching young kids how to rope. He rarely missed a chance to cheer from the stands at his grandchildren’s sporting events, always their biggest supporter.
He is survived by his wife of thirty-five years, Lynda Nichols Risinger; children, Keith Wilburn and wife, Susan, Ronald Wilburn and wife, Berinda, and Timbo Wilburn and wife, Bambi; grandchildren, Travis Wilburn, Audra and Nick Richburg, Tori and TK Flores, Bailee and Daniel Rash, Natalea and Rick McSwain, Sawyer and Kelsi Wilburn, Amber and Bryan Sonmor, and Grant Wilburn; and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by grandson, Justin Wilburn; and parents, J.T. Risinger and Blanch Phillips Risinger.
Pallbearers will be Sawyer Wilburn, Daniel Rash, Bryan Sonmor, Todd Clark, Trace Clark, and Tucker Clark.
Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfh.com.