Greer Co. OK - Obit for Joe Wheeler Sutherland

Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their
obits to the USGenWeb Archives.

Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
***********************************************************************

   
   Joe Wheeler Sutherland
   
   Joe Wheeler Sutherland, 89, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001.
   
   Services  will  be  at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church chapel
   with  the  Rev. Lynn Garrett of the church officiating. Burial will be
   in  Memorial  Park  Cemetery  by  Memorial  Park Funeral Home, 6969 E.
   Interstate 40.
   
   Mr. Sutherland was born in Mangum, Okla., on Jan. 26, 1912. He was the
   second  son of Joe Wheeler Sutherland Sr. and Ruth Harbour. He married
   Perlina Isabelle Towry on April 27, 1946, in Vernon.
   
   He  served  in the Army from Jan. 14, 1941 to Oct. 21, 1945. He served
   in  Company  A,  180th  Infantry,  45th  Division, in Company F, 112th
   Infantry,  28th  Division  and  in  Company  A  263rd  Infantry,  66th
   Division.  He  was  involved  in  five major engagements; Sicily, July
   1943;  Normandy,  July  1944;  Northern  France,  July 1944; Ardennes,
   August 1944; and Rhineland, September 1944.
   
   He  received  two  Purple  Hearts,  five  Bronze  Stars, four Oak Leaf
   Clusters and one Good Conduct Medal. Following the war, he worked as a
   cook  in  Kilgore,  Tucumcari,  N.M., and Amarillo. He was employed at
   Herring  Hotel  and  Amarillo Air Force Base. He was a member of First
   Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors  include his wife; two sisters, Agnes Naquin of Morgan City,
   La.,  and  Lillie  McCaleb  of Vernon; a brother, Robert Sutherland of
   Fort Worth; two nephews; and a niece.
   
   The  family  suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice or
   Boy's Ranch.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 25, 2001
   
   Click here to return to story:
   http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/122501/obi_allobits.shtml