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Wayne P. Sturdivant

Wayne P. Sturdivant, 75, of Amarillo died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Westminster 
Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jeff Conway officiating. Private 
burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. 
Georgia St.

Mr. Sturdivant, local attorney, died after a lengthy illness. He was 
born in Okmulgee, Okla., in 1928, son of Clarence and Ruby 
Sturdivant.

He attended school in Oklahoma and graduated from high school in 
Independence, Kan. He enlisted in the Army and was a staff sergeant 
before being commissioned a second lieutenant. He served in the Army 
Reserves 15 years where he attained the rank of captain.

He attended Independence Junior College where he earned letters in 
football and basketball and held a membership in Phi Theta Kappa, an 
honorary scholastic fraternity.

He attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., and the University 
of Texas in Austin. After graduation, he married his childhood 
sweetheart, Ann Marden, in 1951.

He enrolled at the University of Texas School of Law where he was 
editor of the Texas Law Review, Order of the Coif and Grand 
Chancellor.

After graduation in 1954, he practiced law in Amarillo for 45 years 
and was senior managing partner in the Gibson Law Firm.

He was president of the Amarillo Bar Association, a director of the 
Texas Bar, president of Texas Association of Defense Council, member 
of American College of Trial Lawyers, Texas Bar Foundation and 
International Association of Insurance Council.

He was a Knight Templar of the Amarillo Commandery No. 48 and member 
of the Khiva Shrine and Jesters. In 1982, he was campaign chairman of 
the United Way, a director of the chamber of commerce, and board 
member of the Children's Home and Girl Scouts.

He was chairman of the Amarillo ad hock committee for the location of 
Northwest Texas Hospital at the Medical Center. He was president of 
the Amarillo Club and served on the board of directors of First 
National Bank. He was a member of the Rotary Club where he served as 
president and District Governor Rotary International, District 573.

He was a historian whose passion was the Civil War. He loved his 
family, his law practice, reading history, golfing and hunting. He 
will be dearly missed by those whose lives he touched.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Dr. Stephen Sturdivant and 
wife, Jan, of Arkansas and Michael Sturdivant and wife, Maria, of 
Austin; three daughters, Susan Sturdivant Walston and husband, Bill, 
of Austin, Karan McKenzie and husband, Roger, of Dallas and Stacey 
Barber and husband, David, of Lubbock; a sister, Sue Williams and 
husband, Bud, of Oklahoma; a nephew, Andy Williams of New York; and 
10 grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to The Children's Home, 3400 S. 
Bowie, Amarillo, TX 79109; or to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. 
Jefferson, Amarillo, TX 79101.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2003
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