Obit of Weems, Willa Maye - Jackson County, Oklahoma

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::Memorial Park Cemetery--Amarillo TX  

Willa Maye Weems

Willa Maye Weems, 94, of Amarillo died Saturday, May 10, 2003.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Groom Cemetery in 
Groom with the Rev. Tommy Ewing, pastor of Tenth Avenue United 
Methodist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial Park 
Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.

Mrs. Weems was born in Eldorado, Okla., on Sept. 8, 1908. She 
graduated from Eldorado High School. She married Dwight J. Weems on 
Nov. 29, 1925. They moved to Amarillo from Groom in 1950. She retired 
from St. Anthony's Hospital and was named Employee of the Year in 
1969.

She had been a faithful member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist 
Church since 1951.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1958; a son, Delwin Wayne 
Weems in 1974; a granddaughter, Jolynn Mashburn in 1972; a grandson, 
Doug Weems in 2002; and a great-grandson, Eric Humphreys in 2000.

Survivors include a daughter, Loreta Shannon and husband, Walter B., 
of Amarillo; two sons, J. Dwight Weems and wife, Betty, of Levelland 
and George W. Weems and wife, Jean, of Lakewood, Colo.; a sister, 
Violet Baker and husband, Herb, of Oceanside, Calif.; a brother, Oran 
Driver of Eldorado; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 
10 great-great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Tenth Avenue United Methodist 
Church, 1016 S. Roberts St., Amarillo, TX 79102.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 14, 2003
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