Obit of Bascom C. Baxter (b236) - Stephens County, Oklahoma

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TEXLINE - Bascom C. Baxter, 91, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, in Fort Worth.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Texline Church of Christ 
with Fred Selby, minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral 
Home of Dalhart.

Mr. Baxter was born Feb. 18, 1911, in Brashear, to John H. and Sarah Jane 
Moore Baxter. He was a 1930 graduate of Lockney High School and a longtime 
farmer in Lockney and Texline. The family is especially grateful to his 
faithful caregiver, Norma Young, and to all others who provided care for 
him for four years.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jennie Ella Wyly; and 
three sisters, Beulah Baxter, Florence Baxter and Lena Brotherton.

Survivors include a son, Victor Baxter and wife, Becca, of Fort Worth; 
three daughters, Patsy Fox and husband, Wayne, of Houston, Eleane Wimberly 
and husband, Lon, of Keller, and Floy Lancaster and husband, Gene, of 
Duncan, Okla.; 10 grandchildren, Michele Deaton and husband, Darin, 
Shauna Wimberly, Daniel Baxter, Cole Baxter, Mycah Baxter, Will Fox, 
Amanda Fox, Ryan Lancaster, Lisa Lancaster and MaryBeth Lancaster; six 
great-grandchildren, Megan Deaton, Madeleane Deaton, Meredith Deaton, 
Natoscha Mollman, Breanne Mollman and Tanner Mollman; three brothers, 
Clyde Baxter of Lockney, Ernest Baxter of McKinleyville, Calif., and 
Horace Baxter of Chico, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 
1890, Amarillo, TX 79174.

Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 22, 2002