Obit of Humphrey, Joe Gordon - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Gene Phillips 3 Dec 2004 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Humphrey, Joe Gordon Funeral service for Joe Gordon Humphrey, 68, of Amarillo, Texas, former Chickasha resident, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at the Sharon Baptist Church. JOE GORDON HUMPHREY died suddenly Saturday, September 21, 2002 at his home in Amarillo, Texas. Mr Humphrey was born November 2, 1933, east of Chickasha to Holland G. and Mildred (Taylor) Humphrey. He farmed and lived east of Chickasha all of his life, until moving to Amarillo, Texas on May 1, 2002. He married Linda Ann Lair on May 8, 1954 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Mr Humphrey attended Friend School, graduating in the Class of 1951. He Served two years in the U.S. Army, then returned to farming, including farming the land upon which he was born. He served on the Friend School Board for seven years, served as president of the Grady County Alfalfa Grower's Association and was a founding member of the University of Oklahoma Beef Club. He was an avid fan of OU sports, having been a long-time season ticket holder of the football program. He also had held season tickets for the men's and women's basketball programs. He was his happiest attending any of the OU sporting events. He also attended the Oklahoma state high school basketball tournaments all of his life. He was a life-long member of the Sharon Baptist Church (which was a church founded by his paternal grandmother) where, over the past 50 years he had served as Trustee, Sunday School Director, Training Union Director, and a member of the choir. He had taught Sunday School classes for many years for the Young Married Group, and, most recently, for the Adult Men's class. He was currently a member of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo. He was currently working for Craig Methodist Retirement Center in Amarillo. He is survived by: his high school sweetheart and wife of 48 years: Linda Lair Humphrey of Amarillo, Texas; daughter: Jacqueline Humphrey and her husband, Rob Chafin, and their ten year old daughter, Jacqueline Humphrey Chafin all of Amarillo, Texas; 2 sons: Joe Humphrey, Jr and his wife, Susan, and three-year old son, Cale Gannon of Frisco, Texas, Holland Humphrey and his wife, Rebecca and their six-year old son, Andrew Peterson, all of Mobile, Alabama; 4 sisters: Florence Dunn, Melba Kell, Sarah Kell and Carolyn Albright, all of whom live East of Chickasha; 1 uncle: Jack Taylor of Coarse Gold, California and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by: his father in 1968, his mother, in 1971, his brother, Kenneth Humphrey, in 1972 and his brother, Marshall Humphrey, in 1974. Mr. Humphrey was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He is much loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He had a kind and generous heart. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home. The family requests that his life be immortalized by contributions to the University of Oklahoma Women's Basketball Program, c/o OU Athletic Development, 180 W. Brooks, Norman, OK 73019. Published in the Oklahoman on 9/24/2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html