Okmulgee Co. - Obit for Bryan Deckard 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/ *********************************************************************** Obit for Bryan Deckard Bryan Deckard, 88, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Llano Cemetery with Dr. Stan Coffey of San Jacinto Baptist Church officiating. Arrangements are by N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Mr. Deckard was born in Henryetta, Okla., and moved to Amarillo in the early 1920s. He was a 50-year employee of Asarco. He was a deacon at San Jacinto Baptist Church for many years and a Mason. He married Bessie Clanton in 1930 at Amarillo. He was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Deckard, in 1996. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sammie Crow of Glendale, Ariz.; two sisters, Marcie Harper and Ruby Hart, both of Amarillo; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The family will be receiving friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. They request memorials be to Craig Methodist Retirement.