Obit of Fithen, Albert - Woodward County OK

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Albert Fithen

Albert "Bus" Fithen, 86, of Washburn, died Thursday, May 13, 1999.

Services will be at 4 p.m. today in Coulter Road Baptist Church with 
the Rev. Phil Mercado, associate pastor of Trinity Fellowship, and 
the Rev. Marvin James officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens 
Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.

Mr. Fithen was born in Woodward, Okla., and moved to Amarillo when he 
was 22 years old to farm for Earnest Barnett. He married Lona Lorene 
Barnett in 1937 at Woodward. They moved to the Claude area, where he 
farmed for R.L. Saunders for several years. He later farmed for J.R. 
Durrett as well as himself near Claude until he retired in 1977. He 
then lived in Amarillo for three years before moving to Washburn.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Leslie Fithen of Lubbock and 
Johnny Fithen of Claude; three daughters, Lida Floyd of Lake 
Tanglewood, Clara Yarbrough of Amarillo and Barbara Moats of 
Washburn; two sisters, Wilma Owens of Lawton, Okla., and Thelma 
Gooding of Amarillo; 12 grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; 22 
great-grandchildren; 20 step-great-grandchildren; and a greatgreat-
grandchild.

The family requests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and 
Life Enrichment Center, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001; the 
Washburn Volunteer Fire Department, Box 278, Rt. 1, Claude, TX 79019; 
or Fairview Community Center, Farmer-to-Market 1151.

Amarillo Globe News 15 May 1999
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