Charles Willie-Clayton Travenia was born on April 20th, 1942 in Claremore, Oklahoma to his mother Jessica Lee Walker and father Charles Adrian Travenia. He joined the military as a teenager and became a trained marksman. After he retired from service he remained employed by the government as civilian Mason, dedicating 32 years to Fort Sam Houston where he was awarded with multiple awards for recognition of service. He was committed to sobriety and remained faithful to attending and leading Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for 42 years.
He is survived by his sisters Claudia Griffin and Nadine West and his children Adrian Greene, Cristal Dolan, Charles Adrian Travenia, Peter Alexander Travenia, Jessica Travenia and Jacob Travenia as well as his lovely grandchildren Freeman Greene and Lily Greene, Cristal’s four children, King Charles Adrian Travenia, Kaprice Amirah Travenia and Trinidad Dannie Travenia, Justin Davis Travenia, Joseph David Travenia and Kamal Jaabir Divine Lockett.
His son Teco Travenia and sisters Genevieve Belton, Bennye Gunn and Norma Beageon and parents Charles and Jessica are deceased. He leaves a host of nieces, nephews and cousins as well in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Denver.
His sunset was January 13th in his home in San Antonio, Texas where he was a resident from 1990 until his death. Big Charlie or Uncle Pete had a big sense of humor, loved conversation and dancing and later learned to love meditation and prayer. Charles wore a suit daily and loved a good meal. He was an avid sports fan, especially of basketball, football and baseball and was known to wear several nice pairs of cowboy boots with notable belt buckles. He was a great father, a community leader and an example of a man who pursued growth, knowledge and self-improvement until the time of his death. He was loved by many and will be dearly missed.
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