Obit of Tennyson, Ethel Hampton - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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::Stratford Cemetery--Stratford TX

Ethel Hampton Tennyson

Ethel Hampton Tennyson, 85, of Amarillo died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral 
Directors, Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with the Rev. Alan 
Burkhalter, pastor of Chaparral Hills Baptist Church, officiating. 
Burial will be at 1 p.m. in the Stratford Cemetery.

Mrs. Tennyson was born June 19, 1917, in McAlester, Okla., to J.L. 
and Ida Johnson. She graduated from Amarillo High School. She had 
worked as an Avon representative where she was recognized for 
outstanding sales.

In 1982 she was awarded Mother of the Year at First Baptist Church in 
Stratford. She had also worked for many years in the nursery at First 
Baptist Church in Stratford.

She had been the director for Senior Citizens at Stratford. She was a 
member of Chaparral Hills Baptist Church. She married Grover B. 
Hampton on Nov. 4, 1936. He preceded her in death on June 12, 1968.

She later married Charles "Ray" Tennyson on June 5, 1988. He preceded 
her in death on June 20, 2002.

Survivors include two sons, Ralph Hampton of Kerrick and Larry 
Hampton of Dumas; a stepson, Charles R. Tennyson Jr. of Indianapolis; 
three daughters, Sharon Wiebe, Lela Hager and Margie Huff, all of 
Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Carolyn Fields of Southlake; a sister, Cora 
Ward of Amarillo; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren.

The family will be at 7107 Gainsborough.

The family suggests memorials be to Chaparral Hills Baptist Church, 
3300 W. Cherry, Amarillo, TX 79108.

Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 16, 2003
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