Potter Co. TX - Obits from Amarillo Online Newspapers  24 Jan 1997
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   Gregorio Garcia
   HALE CENTER - Gregorio Garcia, 79, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997.
   
   Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday in St. Theresa's Catholic
   Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Theresa's Catholic
   Church with the Rev. Martin Pena officiating. Burial will be in
   Littlefield Cemetery at Littlefield by Freeman Funeral Home.
   
   Mr. Garcia was born in Aldanias, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He lived in Alamo
   and moved to Fieldton in 1950. He moved from Olton to Hale Center in
   1974.
   
   He married Eufemia Torres in 1937 at Edinburg. He was a member of St.
   Theresa's Catholic Church.
   
   Survivors include his wife; five sons, Ruben Garcia of Fort Worth,
   Raul Garcia of Olton, Baldomero Garcia of Littlefield, and Alfredo
   Garcia and Eddie Garcia, both of Hale Center; a brother, Ramon Garcia
   of Rio Grande; 16 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
   
   Henry M. Baker Jr.
   CHILDRESS - Henry M. Baker Jr., 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev.
   Jim McCurley of the church officiating. Burial will be in Childress
   Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home.
   
   Mr. Baker was born in Quitaque. He married Jackie Foust in 1950 at
   Childress. He was a district accountant for the Texas Highway
   Department in Childress before retiring in 1983. He was a member of
   First Baptist Church and was secretary of Sunday school for 33 years.
   
   Survivors include his wife; two sons, Steve Baker of Canyon and
   Kenneth Baker of Clinton, Okla.; a daughter, Lisa Davis of Dallas; a
   sister, Mary Kate Holland of Childress; a brother, John W. Baker of
   Pearland; and two grandchildren.
   
   Alta Fay Humphreys
   BORGER - Alta Fay Humphreys, 90, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997.
   
   Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Johnson Park Church of Christ
   with Gary Bodine officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery
   by Brown Funeral Directors.
   
   Mrs. Humphreys was born in Sherman and had been a Borger resident for
   64 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Johnson Park Church of
   Christ.
   
   Survivors include her husband, Cecil C. Humphreys; two sons, Kenneth
   C. Humphreys of Tucumcari, N.M., and Edwin E. "Doc" Humphreys of Saint
   Marys, Ga.; a daughter, Shirley A. Bruce of Borger; a brother, Loy
   Ross of Hinton, Okla.; six grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
   
   The family will be at 110 Taylor in Borger.
   
   Francis M. Williams
   CHILDRESS - Francis M. Williams, 82, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the
   Rev. Jim McCurley of the church officiating. Burial will be in
   Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home.
   
   Mrs. Williams was born in Childress and had been a lifetime Childress
   resident. She was preceded in death by her husband, G.A. Williams, in
   1995; and a son, Lynn Williams, in 1979.
   
   She was owner and operator of the credit bureau. She was a member of
   First Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors include a son, Jerry Williams of Euless; a brother, Bill Law
   of Childress; four grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild.
   
   Velma Gwyn
   MULESHOE - Velma Gwyn, 87, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church
   with the Rev. John Wagoner, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in
   Muleshoe Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home.
   
   Mrs. Gwyn was born in Nolan County. She moved to the Muleshoe area in
   1925 from Elida, N.M. She married Byron Gwyn in 1931 at Clovis, N.M.
   He died in 1983.
   
   She was a homemaker, a charter member of the Progress Methodist Church
   and a member of the Progress Circle and the Muleshoe Senior Citizens.
   She taught Sunday school for a number of years and also taught in the
   Muleshoe elementary schools before World War II.
   
   Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Gwyn Walker of Hobbs, N.M.; a
   sister, Lois McDorman Shield of Pahrump, Nev.; a brother, John
   McDorman of Fence Lake, N.M.; two grandchildren; and two
   great-grandchildren.
   
   The family requests memorials be to the Foundation of United Methodist
   Church, P.O. Box 505, Muleshoe, Texas 79347; Ceta Methodist Assembly,
   HCR 1, Box 31, Happy, Texas 79042; or the Mules