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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; Friday, May 7, 1999, 6:31 AM Area George Newton Suel BORGER - George Newton Suel, 90, of Garland, died Tuesday, May 4, 1999. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Dale Ray Suel officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Devotion in Westlawn Memorial Park in Borger. A former Borger resident, Mr. Suel was a truck driver for A Cement and Gravel Co. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia Suel, in 1984, a daughter, Irene G. Williams, and a son, Billy Ray Suel. Survivors include three sons, Arlin J. Ivey of Abilene, Ray Suel of Camden, Ark., and James J. Ivey Jr. of Waco; two daughters, Island Lorene Soape of Billings, Mont., and Flossie Dean D'Priest of Guymon, Okla.; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and four great-greatgrandchildren. Sarah I. Carter BORGER - Sarah I. "Sally" Carter, 93, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. David Jones, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Eastlawn Garden in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Carter was born in Brookhaven, Miss. She retired as a clerk for Circle Motel. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Borger Rebekah's, Royal Neighbors, Women's Society of Christian Service and was a 50-year member of Blackwell Chapter of Order of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles M. Carter, in 1958. Survivors include two sons, Edward Henry Carter of Little Rock, Ark., and Charles M. Carter of Boling; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Lannie Parker CHILDRESS - Lannie Parker, 83, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Childress Church of Christ with Doyle Wells and Bill Mayes officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home of Childress. Mrs. Parker was born in Fredrick, Okla. She owned Parker's Books and Gifts and was a member of Childress Hospital Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Darroll Holleman, her second husband, Ronald Parker, and a son, Earnest Holleman. Survivors include a daughter, Darrllene Shield of Fort Worth; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Ronald L. Morris PERRYTON - Ronald L. "Pete" Morris, 51, of Goodland, Kan., died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Full Gospel Church of Perryton with the Rev. Michael Waterbury officiating. Burial will be in Bluemound Cemetery in Beaver County, Okla., by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton. Mr. Morris was born in Perryton and graduated from Balko High School in Oklahoma. He was employed as an automobile salesman and was a member of the Balko Mennonite Brethern Church in Balko. A longtime Beaver County resident, he lived in Hoxie, Kan., and Logan, N.M., before moving to Goodland a year ago. Survivors include his parents, Albert and Ruth Morris of Balko; and a brother, Frank Morris of Irving. The family suggests memorials be to Gideons International or a favorite charity. Amarillo Euna Mae Hawley Euna Mae Hawley, 55, of Amarillo, died Monday, May 3, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in BlackburnShaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce St., with Phil Mercado, pastor of Trinity Fellowship, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Hawley was born in Freeman, W.Va., and moved to Amarillo 28 years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Fellowship. She married John Hawley in 1966. He died in 1988. Survivors include two daughters, Becky Cota and Lelani Hawley, both of Amarillo; three brothers, Jerry Miller and Jimmy Miller, both of Elk Ridge, Md., and Clifford Miller of Laurel, Md.; six sisters, Charlotte Treola of Beltsville, Md., Barbara Bevins of Bramwell, W.Va., Kathy Quizenberry of West Virginia, Polly Klinger of Brighton, Colo., Gladys Kemp of Clouster, W.Va., and Shirley Donelson of Mount Lookout, W.Va.; and six grandchildren. Karen Sue Tobin Weatherly Karen Sue Tobin Weatherly, 47, of Lake Tanglewood, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Lake Tanglewood Community Church with the Rev. Claud Tugwell, retired Baptist minister, and Trey Dewey officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia. Mrs. Weatherly was born in Honolulu and moved to Amarillo in 1952. She had worked in the loss prevention department at Stein Mart for many years. She was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi, XI Gamma Phi, and Kappa Sigma. She had served as president of the Texas Panhandle Homebuilders Women's Auxiliary Association and was a member of the Federated Women's Club and Home Arts. She also was a member of Lake Tanglewood Community Church. She coached girls and boys soccer, basketball and girls track for Kids, Inc. She married Dewayne Weatherly in 1968 at Amarillo. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Tracy Weatherly Long of Amarillo and Tammy Weatherly Harris and Tanya Weatherly, both of Dallas; two sons, Toby Weatherly and Trevor Weatherly, both of Amarillo; her mother, Emily Doench Tobin of Amarillo; her father and stepmother, E.J. and Dorris Tobin, of Sacramento, Calif.; grandmother, Ernestine Donohue of Middletown, R.I.; and five grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001; or the American Cancer Society, District Office, 3915 Bell, Amarillo, TX 79109. Charles R. Willis Charles R. Willis, 64, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Celebration of Life Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Trinity Baptist Church with Dr. David Evans, pastor, and the Rev. Richard Dickerson, pastor of of the church, officiating. Burial will be at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mr. Willis was born in Smyer. He attended Smyer High School and South Plains College at Levelland. He had farmed in Gaines County and was also a Mobil Pipeline employee, from where he retired. He was a a member and a deacon at Trinity Baptist Church. He married Bettie Johnson in 1954 at Smyer. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Annette Robinson of Fort Worth and Cheryl Bell of Amarillo; his parents, Rex and Madge Willis of Lubbock; a sister, Jane Phillips of Lubbock; a brother, Joe Willis of Lubbock; three grandsons; and two granddaughters. The family requests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1008 S. Jefferson, Amarillo, TX 79101. Carl Clyde Periman Carl Clyde Periman, 94, died Tuesday, May 4, 1999. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Mary Rogers-Ellsworth, executive pastor, officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Judge Periman was born on the family farm northwest of Snyder. He graduated from West Texas State Teachers College and received his law degree from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1932. Between 1935 and 1942, he was elected to three terms as county attorney of Hall County in Memphis, Texas. At the end of his third term, he went to Washington, D.C., for training as an FBI agent. He served from 1941 until 1961, earning a letter of commendation for solving a major forgery case. He retired in 1961 and became the first judge of Potter County's Domestic Relations Court, serving for 16 years. From 1974 until 1976, he served on the board of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. He was first to be appointed to twoyear terms by the Potter County Juvenile Board, which consists of the district judges and the county judge. In 1968, the position became an elected rather than appointed post and he was elected to his first four-year term. Judge Periman was a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Judicial Section of the State Bar, a member of the American Judicature Society and the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. He was appointed in 1971 to the NCJCJ appellate law committee, which follows all juvenile cases which are appealed to higher courts. Judge Periman was a past director of the Maverick Boys Club and a past director of the Killgore Children's Psychiatric Center and Hospital. He served on the Group Work and Recreation Council of the Potter-Randall Citizens Committee and served as a chairman of the Committee '67 at West Texas State University. He also served as a chairman of the Central Youth Advisory Council. Judge Periman had worked with the Junior League of Amarillo to establish volunteer help in the juvenile probation office. He was a member and an elder of First Presbyterian Church. He also served a term as trustee at the church. He married Mary Arless O'Keefe in 1933 at Chicago. Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Phillip O'Keefe Periman of Amarillo; a daughter, Mary Jane Periman Koock Hilfer of Austin; five grandchildren; a step grandson; and four great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to the West Texas Foundation; Cal Farley's Boys Ranch and Affiliates; the Harrington Cancer Center; or First Presbyterian Church. Carroll Malloy Carroll "Sonny" Malloy, 66, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Park, south of Amarillo College in picnic area No. 2, with the Rev. Millie Willoughby officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia. Born in Amarillo, Mr. Malloy lived in Sacramento, Calif., before returning to Amarillo in 1978. He was a Navy veteran and a policeman both in Amarillo and Sacramento. In California, Mr. Malloy worked for the California Youth Authority and was a detective with the Sacramento Sheriff's Department. In Amarillo, he attended Unity on the High Plains Church where he served as secretary. He also volunteered for Meals on Wheels. Survivors include a daughter, Suzanne Malloy of Dallas, and a sister, Donna Foe of Orlando, Fla. The family suggests memorials be to Meals on Wheels of Amarillo, 1416 W. Eighth, Room 106, Amarillo, TX 79101. Oklahoma John H. Payne BEAVER, Okla. - John H. Payne, 62, of Vado, N.M., died Monday, May 3, 1999. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Beaver Pioneer Cemetery with military services by the Beaver American Legion Post No. 149. Arrangements are by Clark Funeral Service of Beaver. Mr. Payne was born in Perryton and was a Navy veteran of Vietnam. A 20year resident of the area, he retired as assistant racing secretary for Sunland Park Race Track. Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice; two sons, Mike and Mark Payne, both of Las Cruces, N.M.; a daughter, Micki Pullen of New Jersey; brothers and sisters; and four grandchildren.