Harmon Co. - Obit for Opal J. McCathern 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/ *********************************************************************** Opal J. McCathern PAMPA - Opal J. McCathern, 87, died Friday, April 12, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Kyle Ohsfeldt, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Mrs. McCathern was born Feb. 20, 1915, in Hollis, Okla. She married Rufus Levi McCathern on Dec. 22, 1934, in Erick, Okla. Survivors include two daughters, Velda Jo Huddleston of Pampa and Velma Joyce Rhoades of Burleson; four sons, Bennett McCathern of Houston, Glenn McCathern of Amarillo and Neal McCathern and Derrell McCathern, both of Fort Worth; two brothers, Dick Anderson of Shamrock and W.S. Anderson of Amarillo; 20 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Grace Baptist Church, 824 S. Barnes, Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Globe-News, April 14, 2002