Potter Co. TX - Obits from Amarillo Online Newspapers  25 May 1998
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                Last updated; Monday, May 25, 1998, 10:19 AM
                                      
Amarillo

   Albert Lee Bloxom
   Albert Lee Bloxom, 86, of Amarillo, died Saturday, May 23, 1998.
   
   Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in
   Memphis with the Rev. Robert Fields of Southeast Baptist Church in
   Amarillo officiating. Arrangements are by Colonial Funeral Chapel,
   1010 W. Ninth Ave.
   
   Mr. Bloxom was born in Memphis. He farmed in the Memphis area until
   1948 when he became employed as a tractor mechanic. He moved to
   Amarillo in 1955.
   
   He married Lucille Evans in 1932 at Hollis, Okla. He was preceded in
   death by a son, Albert Lee Bloxom Jr., in 1951 and by a daughter,
   Joyce Ray, in 1981.
   
   Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Juanita Shoemaker and Carol
   Bremer, both of Amarillo; two sisters, Pearl Duke of Gallup, N.M., and
   Louella Phillips of Albuquerque, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; 18
   great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
   
   The family requests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and
   Life Enrichment.
   
   Bobbie Rae Goodwin
   Bobbie Rae Goodwin, 77, of Amarillo, died Saturday, May 23, 1998.
   
   Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery
   with the Rev. Walt Ellis, pastor of Forest Hill Baptist Church,
   officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors,
   2820 Virginia Circle.
   
   Mrs. Goodwin was born in Womack, La., and had been an Amarillo
   resident for 50 years. She graduated from Dumas High School. She had
   been employed as salad manager for Hageman's Cafeteria for many years.
   She was a homemaker and a Baptist.
   
   She married C.M. "Mike" Goodwin in 1958 at Amarillo.
   
   Survivors include her husband; a brother, Durward Johnson of Dumas;
   and a sister, Ruth Pannier of Amarillo.
   
   The family will be at 2321 Larry. They request memorials be to
   American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell, Amarillo, Texas, 79109; or to a
   favorite charity.
   
   Vernice W. Mincy
   Vernice W. "Bernie" Mincy of Amarillo, died Sunday, May 24, 1998.
   
   Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral
   Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with Lynn Camp, Church of
   Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
   
   Mrs. Mincy was born in Sulphur Springs and had been an Amarillo
   resident since 1952. She was a homemaker and member of Southwest
   Church of Christ. She was a volunteer for many years for the Y.W.C.A.
   and the Y-Teens.
   
   Survivors include her husband, R.C. Mincy; two sons, Wayne Mincy and
   Dwain Mincy, both of Glendale, Calif.; three grandchildren; and a
   great-grandson.
   
   The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until service time Tuesday
   at the funeral home. They request memorials be to High Plains
   Children's Home, 11461 S. Western, Amarillo, Texas, 79118; or to a
   favorite charity.
   
Oklahoma

   Eugene Toney
   SHADY POINT, Okla. - Eugene "Gene" Toney, 58, a former resident of
   Amarillo, died Sunday, May 24, 1998.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Evans and Miller Funeral Home
   Chapel of Memories in Poteau with the Rev. Allen Kersh officiating.
   Burial will be in Shady Point Cemetery in Shady Point.
   
   Mr. Toney was born in Spiro. He was a carpenter, a Mason and was a
   former employee of Perry Cates Construction of Amarillo. He was a
   member of the Amarillo Masonic Lodge No. 731.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Shirley Toney of Amarillo; two daughters,
   Laura Karis of Oak Grove, Calif., and Diedra Tomlason of San Jose,
   Calif.; two sons, John Toney of San Jose and Shane Toney of Fritch;
   two stepsons, Jack Hayes of Amarillo and Steven Hayes of Hollister,
   Calif.; his mother, Opal Toney of Shady Point; two brothers, Wayne
   Toney of Shady Point and Charles Toney of Muldrow; six grandchildren;
   and eight stepgrandchildren.