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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; Saturday, November 21, 1998, 9:53 AM Area Edna Clarice Moore PAMPA - Edna Clarice Moore, 69, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Doug Yates, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Moore was born in El Reno, Okla., and moved to Pampa in 1950 from Oklahoma City. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene. She married Richard G. "Gib" Moore in 1950 at Oklahoma City. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Shirley Schindeldecker of Dallas, Donna Standish of Monahans and Barbara Ann Hardy of Sherman; her mother, Mary Driskel of Oklahoma City; a sister, Neola Davis of Oklahoma City; seven grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association. Jennetta May Sanford HIGGINS - Jennetta May Sanford, 67, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in United Pentecostal Church with Roy Lee Jones officiating. Burial will be in Dempsey Cemetery by The Rose Chapel of Cheyenne, Okla. Survivors include her husband, Hershel Sanford; a daughter, Marlene Smoot of Kingsman, Ark.; two stepsons, David Sanford and Mark Sanford; two sisters, Theata Wright and Colleta Wooley; a brother, Harold Butler; and three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Nazario Roque OLTON - Nazario Roque, 55, died Thursday, Nov. 19. 1998. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in St. Peter's Catholic Church with the Rev. Martin Pena officiating. Burial will be in Olton Cemetery by Foskey-Lilley-McGill Funeral Home. Mr. Roque was born in Durango, Mexico. He was a farmer and member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Olton. He married Rebeca Herrera in 1963 at Juarez, Mexico. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Maria Roque, Maria Rivera and Lorenza DeLaRosa, all of Olton; two sons, Steve and Jose Roque, both of Hale Center; four brothers, Amalio and Pedro Roque, both of El Monte, Calif., Maximo Roque of Durango and Aristo Roque of Juarez; and 12 grandchildren. Clara H. Friday Wise SPEARMAN - Clara H. Friday Wise, 80, died Monday, Nov. 16, 1998. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ken Cole officiating. Her body was donated to Texas Tech University Medical School. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman. Mrs. Wise was born in Egg Harbor City, N.J., and moved to Spearman in 1966. During World War II, she served in the Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Wise was part-owner of KRDFFM radio station where she worked until her death. She was a member of the women's division of the Spearman Chamber of Commerce and the Spearman Lynx and Lynxettes Booster Club. In 1978-79, she was named Rotary Club Employee of the Year. She married Chet Wise, who preceded her in death in 1975. Survivors include two sisters, Amanda Adams and Billie Engelman, both of Egg Harbor; and several nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Golden Spread Senior Citizens Center, 14 S. Haney, Spearman, TX 79081; or the O'Loughlin Center, 502 Brandt, Spearman, TX 79081. San Juana Morales HEREFORD - San Juana Morales, 44, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Anthony's Cemetery with Pedro Rivera, elder, officiating. Arrangements are by Rix Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Morales was born in Harlingen and was raised and attended schools in Hereford. She married Juan Morales in 1972 at Hereford. He died in 1989. Survivors include two daughters, Christleda Morales and Angie Ortiz of Amarillo; two sons, Ben Morales and Johnny Morales of Amarillo; her father, Narciso Gonzales; two sisters, Maria Elena Zepeda of Killeen and Alice Murillo of Amarillo; seven brothers, Miguel and Juan M. Gonzales, both of Amarillo, Raul Gonzales of Austin, Fernando Gonzales of Los Alamos, Jesus Gonzales of El Paso, Anita Gonzales of Tacoma, Wash., and David Gonzales of Fayetteville, N.C.; and 10 grandchildren. John Henry Bland SHAMROCK - John Henry Bland, 73, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Ural Cemetery in Kiowa County, Okla., with Sid Smith, minister of Church of Christ in Shamrock, officiating. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Directors. Mr. Bland was born in Cordell, Okla., and lived in several towns in the Texas Panhandle for most of his life. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He moved to Shamrock eight years ago. He was employed as a mill operator for Moody Farms Feedlot and Heritage Beef Cattle Co., before his retirement. He married Thelma Anderson in 1972 at Amarillo. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Mayne, in 1994 and by a stepdaughter, Linda Jean Croy, also in 1994. Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Ethel Taylor of Pampa, Phylis Martin of Jasper, Jackie Thompson of Grove City, Ohio, Joe Helen Grimes of Alton, Ill., and Carolyon West of Pampa; three stepdaughters, Helen Kimbrell of Brownwood, and Juanita Strain and Lois Flippin, both of Fort Worth; a brother, Jack Bland of Houston; 24 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Lawrence Castleberry FRIONA - Lawrence "Barney" Castleberry, 84, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. today in Friona Cemetery with Leon Talley of Friona, Jeff Procter of Bovina and Tim Nations of Wichita Falls officiating. Arrangements are by Ellis-Blackwell Funeral Home. Mr. Castleberry was born in Denton. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. He moved to Friona 10 years ago from Vernon. Mr. Castleberry was a retired farmer and rancher. He managed grocery stores in Denver City and Vernon for several years. He married Jean Smith in 1939 at Vernon. Survivors include his wife; a son, Larry Castleberry of Weatherford; two daughters, Libby Procter of Friona and Ann Faver of Amarillo; a sister, Polly Hardage of Vernon; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Hila Algene Renick Cochran BORGER - Hila Algene Renick Cochran, 82, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Ernie Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens in Pampa by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Cochran was born in Corrumpa, N.M., east of Des Moines. She graduated from Borger High School and West Texas State Teachers College then taught for three years in Fritch. From 1962 until 1966, she taught English at Frank Phillips Junior College. She lived in Phillips for 31 years before moving to Borger in 1978. A member of First Christian Church, she served as board member, Christian Women's Fellowship president, adult education teacher and camp counselor. She was a homemaker. She married C.F. "Fred" Cochran in 1942. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Linda Ross of Austin and Carol Groom of Warren, Vt.; two sisters, Willa June Hull of Borger and Jean Roscoe of Fort Worth; and three grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Nature Conservancy, 1815 N. Lynn St., Arlington, VA 22209. Beverly Whitaker MATADOR - Beverly Whitaker, 62, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Church of Christ in Matador with Ted Kingery of Silverton and Mike Crowley of Matador officiating. Burial will be in East Mound Cemetery by Seigler Funeral Home of Matador. Mrs. Whitaker was born and raised in Paducah where she graduated from high school. She moved to Motley County in 1971. She was a homemaker, a reflexologist and was employed by Carl Darr Saddle Shop in Paducah. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Matador. She married Billy Joe Whitaker in 1953 at Matador. He died in 1990. Survivors include four sons, Billy Don Whitaker of Dickens, Burt Whitaker of Flomot and Bobby Whitaker and Brent Whitaker, both of Matador; a sister, Delores Hopkins of Enterprise, Ala.; and five grandchildren. Amarillo Gregory J. O'Rear Gregory J. O'Rear, 20, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with Dr. Howard Batson, pastor, and the Rev. Kenneth Cartwright, director of Chaplaincy Services at Lubbock State School, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mr. O'Rear was born in Amarillo and had been a resident of Lubbock since 1991. He was a student at the state school in Lubbock and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include his parents, Jayne and Jerry O'Rear of Amarillo; two sisters, Allison O'Rear and Jennifer O'Rear, both of Amarillo; and a brother, Mark O'Rear of Amarillo; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Riker of Lamesa. The family requests memorials be to Lubbock State School, P.O. Box 5396, Lubbock, TX 79408-5396; Boy Scouts of America, 401 Tascosa Road, Amarillo, TX 79124; High Plains Food Bank, 815 Ross St., Amarillo, TX 79102. Zinita Lee Fewell Wall Zinita Lee Fewell Wall, 77, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998, in Phoenix. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery with Glen Walton, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mrs. Wall was born in Amarillo where she was a lifelong resident. A 1938 graduate of Amarillo High School, she had been a school secretary at Emerson Elementary School. She was a Baptist. She married Cecil Fewell in 1940 at Amarillo. He died in 1977. Her second marriage was to Fred Wall in 1981 at Las Vegas. He died in 1982. Survivors include two sons, Donald D. Fewell of Amarillo and Jerry W. Fewell of Phoenix; five grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. The family will receive friends from 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. They suggest memorials be to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014-5699. Oklahoma Vera Wilks Hawkins ELMER, Okla. - Vera Wilks Hawkins, 82, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in United Methodist Church in Elmer with the Rev. Milton Gage officiating. Burial will be in Mountain Park Cemetery in Mountain Park by Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home of Lone Wolf. Mrs. Hawkins was born in Mountain Park where she graduated from high school in 1934. With her husband, she lived in Higgins, Texas, from 1943 until 1987. During that time, she was a member of Docilis Club, Home Extension Club and United Methodist Women. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church. She married Cecil W. "Spud" Hawkins in 1934 at Hobart. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Jerry Hawkins of Clarendon, Texas, and Jack Hawkins of Cameron, Texas; a daughter, Gwen Cochran of Edmond; three sisters, Edna Slocum of Manteca, Calif., Olive Robinette of Florence, Ore., and Velma Bullock of Cordell; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Elsewhere Dr. Bill Gene Reid KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dr. Bill Gene Reid, 67, died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Mission Garden of Memories at Clovis, N.M., with Dr. H.E. Bergstrom officiating. Arrangements are by SteedTodd Funeral Home of Clovis. Dr. Reid was born in Muleshoe, Texas. He was a graduate of Ranchvale High School at Ranchvale, N.M., received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Eastern New Mexico University and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. He taught history for many years at North Dakota State University at Fargo, N.D., retiring in 1986. He also was the author of several history books. He was a Presbyterian. Survivors include a sister, Betty Beaver of Clovis. Jesus B. Martinez Sr. WICHITA, Kan. - Jesus B. Martinez Sr., 67, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Rosary will be said at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Arrangements are by Broadway Mortuary of Wichita. Mr. Martinez retired as a machinist from Cessna Aircraft Co. Survivors include four sons, Joseph Martinez, Jesus Martinez Jr., Richard Martinez and David Martinez, all of Wichita; five daughters, Helen Martinez, Jesucita Tackett, Rose Martinez, Mary Martinez an Sarah Behrens, all of Wichita; two brothers, Raymond Lucero of Amarillo and Guadalupe Martinez of San Gabriel, Calif.; two sisters, Virginia Martinez and Veronica Gonzales, both of Wichita; 16 grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild. The family suggests memorials be to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church of Wichita. W.L. Posey CROWELL - W.L. "Bill" Posey, 74, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Christian Church in Crowell with L.G. Simmons officiating. Burial will be in Crowell Cemetery by Womack-Manard Funeral Home. Mr. Posey was born in Knob Noster, Mo. During World War II, he served in the Marines. He attended Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mo. A retired stockman, Mr. Posey was pastor of independent Christian churches in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas including the First Christian Church in Crowell for 25 years. He was a member of the Crowell Veterans of Foreign Wars. He married Ruth Gobin in 1976 at Memphis. His first marriage was in 1946 at Popular Bluff, Mo., to Ruby Jeanette Garrett who died in 1975. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Becky Pady of Rockport; six sons, Robert Knox Posey of Waynesville, Mo., Bill Posey Jr., of San Diego, James Brent Posey of Kennett, Mo., Bob Gobin Jr., of Bowie, Dan R. Gobin of Lubbock and Jim Don Gobin of Abilene; a sister, Pearl Grimes of Malden, Mo.; a brother, Tom Posey of Memphis; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.