Greer Co. - Obit for J.D. Harvey

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J.D. Harvey

DUMAS - J.D. Harvey, 83, died Sunday, April 25, 2004.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Northlawn Memorial Gardens
with the Rev. H.L. Stevens, retired Assembly of God minister, officiating.
Masonic rites will be by Masonic Lodge No. 1009. Arrangements are by Morrison
Funeral Directors.

Mr. Harvey was born Aug. 28, 1920, in Willow, Okla. He was a Dumas and Moore
County resident since 1950. He married Mary Jane Gossett on June 6, 1942, in
Sayre, Okla. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and longtime member of Dumas Masonic
Lodge No. 1009 in Dumas.

He retired as a real estate broker from Harvey's Real Estate. He served in the
Army from 1942 to 1945, serving in the Pacific Theater. He received a Purple
Heart, two Bronze Stars and various campaign medals. He was middleweight
boxing champion of the Pacific Theater.

He was preceded in death by his wife on June 22, 2003.

Survivors include two sons, Johnny Harvey and wife, Lyndall, and Sammy Harvey
and wife, Shirley, all of Fritch; two daughters, Terri Harvey and Paula Snyder
and husband, Jimmy, all of Dumas; a sister, Claudia Hankins of Magalia,
Calif.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Wellington Care Center, 1506 Childress
St., Wellington, TX 79095; or Memorial Hospice, 302 E. Second St., Dumas, TX
79029.

The family will be at 511 Robin Road in Dumas.

Amarillo Globe-News, April 27, 2004