Tulsa Co. - Obit for George Lafayette Pounds 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 George Lafayette Pounds George Lafayette Pounds, 96, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 1998. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with A.W. Goff of the Church of Christ in Russellville, Ark., officiating. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery at Pampa. Mr. Pounds was born in Honey Grove. He owned a supermarket in Pampa and a bakery in Memphis. He was a member of Dumas Drive Church of Christ and the Amarillo Country Club. He married Nellora Dennett in 1974 at Amarillo. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jarita Moore, in 1993. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Jackie Trainer of Midland and Voncille Ford of Amarillo; a son, Duard Pounds of Dallas; a stepdaughter, Sherri Lanham of Amarillo; a stepson, Doug Hemme of Tulsa, Okla.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family will be at 6208 Belpree. They request memorials be to a favorite charity.