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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Thanks to the Amarillo Newspapers for allowing us to place their online obits in the USGenWeb Archives ==================================================================== Last updated; Tuesday, December 30, 1997, 6:40 AM Area Mona Annette Devenport PAMPA - Mona Annette Devenport, 43, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997, at Lubbock. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memory Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. J.C. Burt, pastor of Barrett Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Miss Devenport was born in Memphis, Texas. She was a former Pampa resident and a longtime resident of the Lubbock State Center. Survivors include her mother, Gertrude Devenport of Pampa; and a sister, Winnie Jeter of Pampa. The family requests memorials be to Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 190567, Dallas, Texas 75219-0567. Floyd B. Huddleston PAMPA - Floyd B. "Pappy" Huddleston, 67, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Coffman, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Huddleston was born in Charleston, Miss., and moved to Pampa in 1951 from Charleston. He was a retired roughneck in the oil-field business. He married Velda Jo McCathern in 1951 at Clovis, N.M. Survivors include his wife; six daughters, Lorie Smith, Patricia Parks and Ellen Gage, all of Pampa, Mary Joyce Cardwell of Springtown, Debbie Miller of Marshall and Gail Dabbs of Portland; a son, Wayne Huddleston of Pampa; two sisters, Ruby Brewer of Mountain View, Ark., and Johnnie Ford of Charleston; 20 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will be at 702 N. Frost and requests memorials be to Grace Baptist Church. Willie Altus Chenoweth TULIA - Willie Altus Chenoweth, 89, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 1997, at Beaumont. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Central Church of Christ with Trey Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery by Wallace Funeral Home. Mrs. Chenoweth was born and raised in Swisher County. She graduated from Tulia High School in 1928. She was a homemaker and was active in the Senior Citizens Association and the McGuire Community Home Demonstration Club. She was a member of Central Church of Christ. She married Harry Robert Chenoweth in 1946. He died in 1985. Survivors include a daughter, Maymie Chenoweth of Redondo Beach, Calif.; three sons, Robert Chenoweth of Beaumont, Joe Leach of Bothal, Wash., and Leo Chenoweth of Belton; a sister-in-law, Catherine Cole of Tulia; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family requests memorials be to Swisher County Senior Citizens. Ella Jane Wilbanks Collier HAPPY - Ella Jane Wilbanks Collier, 89, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lonny Poe, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon. Mrs. Collier was born in Erath County. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She married V.E. Collier in 1933 at Olton. He died in 1970. Survivors include a son, Jack Collier of Happy; and a daughter, Jane Dixon of Friona. The family requests memorials be to Prairie Acres Nursing Home, 201 15th, Friona, Texas 79035; or First Baptist Church, Box 95, Happy, Texas 79042. Lawrence R. McClellan GRUVER - Lawrence R. McClellan, 76, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services were at 10 a.m. Monday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Gary Gumfory, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Gruver Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman. Mr. McClellan was born in Gruver and was a lifelong resident. He was employed as a propane truck driver and was a member of First Christian Church. He married Betty Parrish in 1942 at Denver. Survivors include his wife; a son, Larry McClellan of Dallas; a daughter, Camelia Bell of Clarendon; a brother, Elmo McClellan Jr. of Gruver; four sisters, Anne Sanders of Spearman, Mary Burnett of Denver, Dorothy Mann of Tallahassee, Fla., and Marguerite Millican of New Braunfels; and four grandchildren. Fannie McConic MATADOR - Fannie McConic, 88, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Tommy Wilson, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in East Mound Cemetery by Seigler Funeral Home. Ms. McConic was born at Ellis and moved to Motley County in 1940. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Frances Anderson of Salina, Kan.; a sister, Lela Pearl McConic of Dallas; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Otis E. Farris HEDLEY - Otis E. "John" Farris, 58, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 4 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with Bright Newhouse and the Rev. Bryan Knowles officiating. Burial will be in Rowe Cemetery by Spicer Funeral Home of Memphis. Mr. Farris was a farmer and served on the Quail School Board. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He married Cindy Cockerham in 1996 at Las Vegas. Survivors include his wife; his mother, Opal Pearl Farris of Hedley; two sons, David Shane Farris of Amarillo and Otis Farris Jr. of Hedley; a sister, Erma Young of Wichita Falls; and two grandsons. Delois Holt DUMAS - Delois "Dee" Holt, 63, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Morrison Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Roger West, minister of Assembly of God of Waco, officiating. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. at Stratford Cemetery in Stratford. Mrs. Holt was born in Walters, Okla., and had been a Dumas resident since 1979. She was a former longtime Stratford resident. She was a homemaker. She married Bill Holt in 1994 at Dalhart. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Terry McDaniel of San Marcos and David Richard McDaniel of Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Cathy Robinson of Sanford; three sisters, Tacie Bridges of Odessa, Pat Rutherford of Bangs and Carol Sue West of Waco; a brother, Roy Emerson of Dumas; nine grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 East 2nd, Dumas, Texas 79029. The family will be at 128 N. Meredith. Mary W. Meester HALE CENTER - Mary W. Meester, 93, of Hamilton, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Riley Funeral Home Chapel in Hamilton. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Hale Center Cemetery with Eric Creel, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Arrangements are by FreemanAbell Funeral Home. Mrs. Meester was born in Blanket. She moved to Hamilton from Hale Center in 1962. She was a member of Park Heights Church of Christ. She married Herman B. Meester in 1925. He died in 1977. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Maylene Matlock. Survivors include a son, Foye L. Meester of Hamilton; a sister, Iva Rhodes of Abernathy; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. The body will be available for viewing Wednesday at the funeral home in Hale Center. Ozie Maple Tollett Ferguson BORGER - Ozie Maple Tollett Ferguson, 88, died Monday, Dec. 29, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Serenity at Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mrs. Ferguson was born in Howard County, Ark. She moved to Borger in 1943 from Athens, Ark. She was a cook for the Chat & Chew restaurant and a member of the Church of Christ in Langley, Ark. She married Clyde Thomas Ferguson in 1932. He died in 1955. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Terry Helen Ferguson, in 1954. Survivors include three sons, Neil Ferguson and Stonie Ferguson, both of Borger, and John Ferguson of Pampa; a stepson, Clyde Jr. Ferguson of Pampa; five daughters, Sue Yohn, Margaret Graham, Tommie Parkhurst and Kathy Armstrong, all of Borger, and JoAnn Durham of Matador; a brother, Horace Tollett of Nashville, Ark.; 27 grandchildren; 56 greatgrandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren. Hildred Faye McGinity Harris BORGER - Hildred Faye McGinity Harris, 81, died Saturday, Dec. 27, l997. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. David Jones, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. in Graceland Cemetery at Meade, Kan., by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mrs. Harris was born in Chillocothe, Mo., and moved to Borger in 1934. She attended Emporia State Teachers College at Emporia, Kan. She taught first through eighth grades in Kansas and was employed by the Department of Human Services in Borger for four years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Women's Friendship Sunday School class. She married Milton K. Harris in 1937 at Cottonwood Falls, Kan. He died in 1985. Survivors include a son, Billy John Harris of Temple; three daughters, Jan Louise Cornwell of Hoisington, Kan., Glenda Faye McNutt of Borger and Rhonda Gail Harris of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Oleta Davis HALE CENTER - Oleta Davis, 78, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church will the Rev. Gene Meacham, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hale Center Cemetery by FreemanAbell Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis was born in Hill County and moved to Hale Center with her family in 1924. She was a member of Halfway Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Davis, in 1972. Survivors include her husband, Wilber J. "Shorty" Davis; a daughter, Linda Chapman of Hale Center; a sister, Berley Anderle of Midland; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Ann Clements MULESHOE - Ann Clements, 62, died Monday, Dec. 29, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Brad Reeves, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Enochs Cemetery in Enochs by Ellis Funeral Home. Mrs. Clements was born in Littlefield and had been a lifetime resident of Muleshoe. She worked as a pharmacy technician at Muleshoe Area Medical Center for 20 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She married Fred Clements in 1985 at Muleshoe. Survivors include her husband; a son, Joe Bob Newman of Elida, N.M.; three daughters, Judy Balch of Las Vegas, Debbie Newman of Abilene and Linette Stroop of Smyer; and six grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, 507 W. 2nd St., Muleshoe, Texas 79347; or Enochs Cemetery, Enochs Texas 79324. Grace Louise Stone DIMMITT - Grace Louise Stone, 67, of Albuquerque, N.M., a former Dimmitt resident, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Los Alamos Unitarian Church in Los Alamos, N.M. The body was donated to medical research. Arrangements were by Foskey-Lilley-McGill Funeral Home. Mrs. Stone was born in Dimmitt. She lived in Castro County and Amarillo before moving to Albuquerque in 1995. She graduated from West Texas State College. She married Loy Stone in 1950. He died in 1983. Survivors include two daughters, Denise Stone of Los Alamos and Shara Stone of Albuquerque; two brothers, Houston Lust of Dimmitt and Glenn Lust of Lazbuddie; and two grandsons. The family requests memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Ida Mae Payne Ida Mae Payne, 92, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 1997. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street with Dr. Stan Coffey of San Jacinto Baptist Church officiating. Private graveside services will be for the family only in Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Payne was born in Navarro County and had lived in Amarillo since 1987. She was a licensed vocational nurse for the California Christian Home, where she retired in 1973. She was a member of San Jacinto Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, D.B. Bell, in 1951. Survivors include a daughter, Betty Stevens of Amarillo; a son, Glenn Edward Bell of South El Monte, Calif.; a sister, Faye Pendleton of Portland, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. The family will be at 6203 Palmetto and requests memorials be to San Jacinto Baptist Church, 801 Tascosa Road. Ona Cook Ona Cook, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Memory Gardens Mausoleum with the Rev. Claud Tugwell, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 Bell St. Mrs. Cook was born in Brandon. She was a customer service representative for Pioneer Natural Gas Co. Her husband, Dean Cook, died in March. Survivors include two stepsons, Jim Cook of Amarillo and Gary Cook of Wichita Falls; a sister, Athalee Williams of Gatesville; and five stepgrandchildren. The family will be at 6821 Rochelle Lane. Hardy Blake Hankins Hardy Blake Hankins, 95, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 Bell St., with Dr. Jim Smith of St. Stephen United Methodist Church and the Rev. Joe Johnson of Faith Baptist Church of Plainview officiating. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia. Mr. Hankins was born in Swisher County. He attended McQuire School and Castle Heights in Lebanon, Tenn. He received his bachelor's degree in animal science from Oklahoma A&M College in 1924. He was manager of Framers Grain Co. of Tulia, president of Plainview Grain Exchange and manager of Perry Burrus Elevator of Lubbock. He was director and president of the Lubbock Grain Exchange. Mr. Hankins retired as manager of Burrus Panhandle Elevator in Amarillo He was director and president of the Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association and the Amarillo Grain Exchange. He was director of the Terminal Elevator Grain Merchant Association, the National Grain Trade Council and the Texas Grain Feed Dealers Association. Mr. Hankins married Jewell Foster in 1927 at Plainview. She died in 1947. He was also preceded in death by a son, Roy B. Hankins, and by a daughter, Joyce Hankins Raines. He married Dora Hardy in 1948 at Amarillo. She died in June. Survivors include a daughter, Patsy Hankins Waldrop of Sweetwater; two stepdaughters, Marion Thompson and Barbara Richter, both of Amarillo; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 10 stepgreatgrandchildren; and a stepgreat-greatgrandchild. The family will be at 3521 West Point. Glee A. Parsons Glee A. Parsons, 81, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 1997. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today at Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 Bell St. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with the Rev. Neal Dee officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Parsons was born in Minnesota and was a longtime resident of Amarillo. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Ladies Auxiliary No. 1475. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emmett Parsons. Survivors include members of her extended family. Ted E. Deal Ted E. Deal, 78, of Amarillo, died Monday, Dec. 29, 1997. Services will be at 7 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Terry Burke, Catholic chaplain at Northwest Texas Hospital, officiating. Burial will be in Waynoka Municipal Cemetery in Waynoka, Okla. Mr. Deal was born in Waynoka and graduated from Waynoka High School in 1936. He retired in 1979 as a conductor for the Santa Fe Railway after 40 years of service. He was a member of Blue Lodge No. 422 in Waynoka, the Scottish Rite Consistory in Guthrie, Okla., and St. Mary's Catholic Church. He married Ruth Durkee in 1938 at Waynoka. In 1991, he married Mary Sharp in Amarillo. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda Corbin of Aline, Okla.; a son, Scott Deal of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Margaret Hubbard of Amarillo; a stepson, James Barrows of Galveston; a sister, Vivian McGuire of Colorado Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the American Heart Association. Elsewhere Albert H. Coldewey Jr. FORT WORTH - Albert H. Coldewey Jr., 58, a former Amarillo resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1997. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday in Greenwood Funeral Home. Cremation was in Fort Worth. Mr. Coldewey was born in Corpus Christi and lived in Amarillo several years before moving to Fort Worth. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1963. He was a partner in the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. Survivors include two sons, Craig Coldewey of Fort Worth and Aaron Coldewey of Maryland; and a sister, Lorraine Reagan of Bastrop. The family requests memorials be to the Albert H. Coldewey Jr. Texas A&M Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Summit National Bank, 1300 Summit Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Timothy Lee Merrick LANCASTER - Timothy Lee Merrick, 37, a former Amarillo resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1997, at Dallas. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Paramount Terrace Christian Church Chapel in Amarillo with the Rev. Richard Holloway officiating. Other arrangements were by Calvary Funeral Home of Irving. Mr. Merrick moved to Lancaster in September from Amarillo. He attended Amarillo High School and was a Marine. Survivors include a brother, Kenneth Roy Merrick of Irving; and his grandmother, Lucille Merrick of Amarillo. New Mexico Betty Jo Porterfield CLOVIS, N.M. - Betty Jo Porterfield, 75, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Mission Garden of Memories with Dr. Bill Sylskar officiating. Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Mrs. Porterfield was born in Clovis. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She married Jack Porterfield in 1941 at Stanton, Texas. Survivors include a son, Clay Porterfield of Granbury, Texas; a daughter, Karen Criswell of Granbury; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Lucille M. Miller CLOVIS, N.M. - Lucille M. Miller, 89, died Monday, Dec. 29, 1997. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Muffley Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Cannon Air Force Base Chapel by the Rev. J. Michael Beers. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Miller was born in Marshfield, Wis. She married Richard A. Miller in 1930 at Marshfield. They moved to Marquette, Mich., in 1941, and to Clovis in 1974. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clovis, the Daughters of Isabella in Marquette, the Altar Society at St. Peter's Cathedral in Marquette and the AARP. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a daughter, Marlene Gorley of Melrose; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Margaret S. Hall CLAYTON, N.M. - Margaret S. Hall, 93, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 1997. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Mexhoma Church in Mexhoma, Okla., with the Rev. Jim Reese officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors. Mrs. Hall was born in Viola, Olmstead County, Minn. She homesteaded with her parents in 1907 to the Mexhoma community. After graduating from Clayton High School with the class of 1924, she attended the University of New Mexico and Panhandle University. She then taught in several rural schools in the area including the Regnier Home, the Skelley school, the Al Baker Ranch school, the Mexhoma school, the Guy school and the Delfin school. She married James Elbert Hall in 1931. He died in 1982. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Twilla Hall, in 1935. Survivors include four sons, Winston Hall of Gila Bend, Ariz., Jimmy Hall and Walter Hall, both of Clayton, and Anthony Hall of Las Vegas; a daughter, Florence Molgaard of Sun City, Ariz.; a sister, Helen Shannon of Rocky Ford, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the Mexhoma Church in Mexhoma. Oklahoma Arthureen Grace Tamayo TEXHOMA, Okla. - Arthureen Grace Garnette Tamayo, 41, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Burial will be in St. Stevens Cemetery in Kyle, S.D. Arrangements are by Dawson-Welch Funeral Home. Mrs. Tamayo was born in Pine Ridge, S.D. She married Hijinio Tamayo in 1982 at Martin, S.D. They moved from Gordon, Neb., to Texhoma in May. Mrs. Tamayo was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Emily Black Moon of Porcupine, S.D., and Carmen Tamayo of Texhoma; three sons, Justin Black Moon, Thomas Black Moon and Willis Black Moon, all of Texhoma; seven sisters, Charlotte Conray of Wanblee, S.D., Alice Camarzo of Southbluff, Neb., Jacquelin Hernandez of Texhoma, Phyllis Little Moon of Wounded Knee, S.D., Elvira Mosquedo of Fort Morgan, Colo., Myrnette Jarnis of Kyle and Romona Ashmore of Salt Lake City; four brothers, Donald Garnette of Tulsa, Okla., Harlen Garnette of Gordon, Francis Garnette of Salt Lake City and Carl Garnette of St. Morgan, Colo.; and a granddaughter. Billy Gene Smith BEAVER, Okla. - Billy Gene Smith, 69, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Pioneer Cemetery with Charles Watson officiating. Arrangements are by Clark Funeral Service. Mr. Smith was born in Beaver County. He lived on a farm in the Gray community. He was self-employed in the construction business. He married Darlene Harryman in 1951 at Clayton, N.M. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Kathryn Lynn Russell of Liberal, Kan., and Janet Almond of Woodward; three brothers, Edward Smith of Beaver, Melvin Smith of Fritch, Texas, and his twin brother, Bobby Smith of Beaver; a sister, Dovie Smith of Enid; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.