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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, December 10, 1999, 6:52 AM Area Abel Silvas Aleman Sr. FLOYDADA - Abel Silvas Aleman Sr., 54, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 1999, at Abilene. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Plainview with the Rev. Elbert Fadallan officiating. Cremation arrangements were handled by Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mr. Aleman was born in Sinton and moved to Floydada in 1963 from Dublin. He attended schools in south Texas. He was a farmer and had worked in Floydada as a mechanic. Survivors include his mother, Julia Aleman of Dublin; two sons, Abel Aleman of Littlefield and Adam Aleman of Friona; two brothers, Adelfino Aleman and Alfredo Aleman, both of Floydada; four sisters, Elida Martinez of Floydada and Victoria Aleman, Frances Cantu and Grace Sierra, all of Dublin; and four grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Anna Evers NAZARETH - Ann Evers, 83, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, at Dimmitt. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Holy Family Catholic Church of Nazareth. Graveside services will be at 3:45 p.m. today in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Umbarger. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Thursday in Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel in Canyon. Mrs. Evers was born in Randall County. She had lived north of Umbarger for 53 years before moving to Nazareth in 1991. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alphonse C. Evers, and by a daughter, Shirley Woodard. Survivors include two daughters, Patsy Huseman of Nazareth and Carolyn Snyder of Amarillo; five sons, Allen "Sonny" Evers of Hereford, Charles Evers of Dallas, Eddie Evers of Canyon, Donnie Evers of Sandia and Weldon Evers of Amarillo; two brothers, Ted Hess of Springdale, Ark., and Herbert Hess of Wichita, Kan.; two sisters, Catherine Taldo and Frances Poole, both of Springdale, Ark.; 26 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Viewing continues at 11 a.m. today at the CCD Building next to Holy Family Catholic Church at Nazareth. The family requests memorials be to Meals on Wheels of Nazareth c/o Holy Family Church of Nazareth, Nazareth, TX 79063; or the Nazareth Fire Department. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Elias J. Garza Jr. HEREFORD - Elias J. Garza Jr., 62, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rix Funeral Home Chapel with Ernest Cantu Sr. of the Jehovah's Witnesses Congregation officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery. Mr. Garza was born in Gonzales and also had lived in Rosenberg and Hereford. He attended school in Gonzales. He was a farm laborer and a musician with the Garza Brothers Trio. Survivors include his parents, Elias and Paula Garza of Hereford; a daughter, Irene Garza Silerio of Hereford; four sons, Peter Moreno of Amarillo, Paul Moreno of Hereford, Oscar Martinez of Brownfield and Jerry Garza of Ogden, Utah; two brothers, Able Garza of Hereford and Martin Garza of Clovis; a sister, Mary Flores of Abilene, Texas; and 18 grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Travis L. Wallis CLARENDON - Travis L. "Boppy" Wallis, 91, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. Masonic graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Westlawn Cemetery at Borger with Don Stone, minister of White Deer Church of Christ, officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors Inc. Mr. Wallis was born in Comanche County. He moved to Clarendon from Phillips in 1985. He worked as a night superintendent for Phillips Petroleum Co. before retiring in 1973 after 44 years. He married Olean Adams in 1927. She died in 1971. He married Pearl Files in 1972. He was a member of Clarendon Church of Christ. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and member of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge No. 1355 in Borger. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Pat Caddell of Sherman and Glenda Lacy of Stephenville; two stepdaughters, Freda Coalson of Las Cruces, N.M., and Barbara Hampton of Seattle; two sisters, Ora Warren of Abilene and Alice Peavy of Phoenix; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. The family will receive visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Robertson Funeral Directors. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Ione McLean QUANAH - Ione Smith Plunkett McLean, 92, of Abilene and formerly of Quanah, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. today in Quanah Memorial Park with the Rev. Jesse Dea, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Price-Jackson Funeral Home. Mrs. McLean was born in Casa, Ark. She married Lewin Plunkett Jr. in 1936. They moved to Quanah in 1937. He died in 1944. She married Harvey S. McLean in 1963. He died in 1970. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James Logan of Merkel; a son, Lewin Plunkett; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Jim Lightner of Atlanta and Mrs. John Griffin of Corpus Christi; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First Presbyterian Church; First United Methodist Church; or Windcrest Alzheimer Care Center in Abilene. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 E.G. Fillingim BRISCOE - E.G. Fillingim, 84, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999, in Canadian. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Gageby Baptist Church at Gageby with the Rev. Aaron Laverty, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Gageby Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home of Wheeler. Mr. Fillingim was born in Turkey. He and his family later moved to Hemphill County and the Gageby Community. He attended schools in Pleasant Valley and Gageby, and went to Canadian High School. He married Willa Rose Singleton in 1947 in Hemphill County. He was a farmer and rancher. He was a member of Gageby Church. Mr. Fillingim was preceded in death by an infant son, Garry Fillingim. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Lauren Hershman of Wheeler and Lajo Crownover of Briscoe; a son, Gayle Singleton of Amarillo; four brothers, Willis Fillingim of Briscoe, Talmage Fillingim of Providence, Utah, William Fillingim of Prescott, Ariz., and Horace Fillingim of Allison; two sisters, Eula Newman of Fort Worth and Cornelia Lehman of McGregor, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three foster children. The family suggests memorials be to Gageby Church or the pew fund at First Baptist Church in Wheeler. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Anna White PADUCAH - Anna Belle Holley White, 94, formerly of Paducah, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999, in Littlefield. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. James Hooper, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery by Seigler Funeral Home. Mrs. White was born in Collin County. She moved to Cottle County in 1918. She married Allen Holley in 1923. He died in 1964. She married Clint White in 1973. He died in 1980. She was a member of First Baptist Church and had taught Sunday school. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had been a resident of a nursing home in Littlefield. Survivors include three sons, Allen Leon Holley of Littlefield and Billie J. Holley and Roger Holley, both of Paducah; eight grandchildren; and 14 greatgrandchildren. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Othel Jones HEREFORD - Othel Campbell Jones, 96, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Silverton Cemetery at Silverton with Tom Bailey officiating. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Mrs. Jones was born in Silverton. She married Ernest Jones in 1923 at Tulia. He died in 1971. She was a homemaker and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include a son, Cliff Jones of Hereford; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79109; or to the Panhandle chapter of the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 2200 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79109. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Maria Gutierrez MULESHOE - Maria Gutierrez, 76, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Muleshoe Church of Christ with Albert Garcia, minister, and Erick Stradler of Hereford officiating. Burial will be in Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home. Mrs. Gutierrez was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She married Juan Gutierrez in 1948 at Brownsville. She moved to Muleshoe from Brownsville in 1962. She was a homemaker and a member of the Muleshoe Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons, David Gutierrez of Sudan and Juan Gutierrez Jr. of Amarillo; six daughters, Mary Baiza of Post, Lupe Mendoza and Frances Miramontes, both of Muleshoe, Juana Garza and Mary Ellen Perez, both of Premont, and Trina Bouley of Lakewood, Colo.; a sister, Celestina Yanez of Cuidad Victoria, Mexico; two brothers, Cipriano Cuevas of Saltillo, Mexico, and Aurelio Cuevas of Muleshoe; 23 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX 79424; or Muleshoe Church of Christ, P.O. Box 753, Muleshoe, TX 79347. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Alvin Inman PLAINVIEW - Alvin Inman, 82, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Plainview Memorial Park with Floyd Stumbo, an elder at Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, officiating. Arrangements are by Lemons Funeral Home. Mr. Inman was born in Wheeler. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was a member of the 9th Bombardment Group at Fort Sill, Okla. He did flight training in Dalhart and later did two years of combat flight training for B-17s. He was on Tinian Island in the Pacific Theater in 1944 and flew bombing missions in 1945. In 1946, he moved to Plainview, where he owned and operated a well service and trucking company. He was a member of Ninth and Columbia Church of Christ. Mr. Inman married Evelyn Johnson in 1937 at Pampa. Survivors include his wife; a sister, Reba Black of Dumas; and a brother, Elmer H. Inman of Denver. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 William Carroll McCleskey PLAINVIEW - William Carroll "Mack" McCleskey, 80, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church Chapel with Dr. Max Browning officiating. Arrangements are by Lemons Funeral Home. Mr. McCleskey was born in Bluff Dale. He moved in 1925 to Floyd, N.M., where he graduated from high school. He attended Eastern New Mexico State University and Tarleton State University. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. He then moved to Clovis, N.M., and worked in construction for Stagner & Sons. He moved to Albuquerque, N.M., in 1963 and began working for Transwestern Pipeline. He retired in 1985. He moved to Lubbock in 1987 and to Plainview in 1998. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Plainview. Mr. McCleskey married Mary Elizabeth Stagner in 1943 at Clovis. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sue Douglass of Plainview; a son, Bill McCleskey of Gordonville; two sisters, June Short of Dalhart and Vydell Imoe of Clovis; seven grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Amarillo John Joel Lock John Joel Lock, 68, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 Bell St., with the Rev. Jeff Conway of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum. Mr. Lock was born in Mineral Wells. He moved to Amarillo in 1944. He married Jean Irvine in 1953 at Corpus Christi. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was a retired bank examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Scottish Heritage Society and the Amarillo Senior Citizens Bridge Club Association. Survivors include his wife; a son, John Gilbert Lock of Evergreen, Colo.; a daughter, Jeanne Jones of Plano; a brother, Ted Lock of Amarillo; a sister, Pat Cook of Amarillo; and five grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the Scottish Heritage Society or the Amarillo Senior Citizens Bridge Club Association. The family will receive visitors from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Viewing is from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Helen Loraine Hill Helen Loraine Beeman Hill, 82, formerly of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, in Fort Worth. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Hill was born in Claude and grew up in Turkey. She married Otis Hill in 1937. They moved to Amarillo in 1948. She retired after 30 years with the F.W. Woolworth Co. She was a member of First Baptist Church for 50 years. She moved to Fort Worth in 1997. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a daughter, Rita Stokes of Fort Worth; two brothers, James D. Beeman and William D. Beeman, both of Fort Worth; and two grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Faith City Mission. The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at Schooler Funeral Home. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 William E. Holmes William E. "Eddie" Holmes, 56, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with Lyndon Latham officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mr. Holmes was born in Pampa. He had lived in Amarillo for 49 years. He married Leslie Jo Martin in 1965 at Amarillo. He was a carpenter and a member of Anna Street Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife; a son, Stephen R. Homes of Amarillo; a daughter, Brooke L. Giles of Claude; a sister, Denna Whitehead of Stanfield, Ariz.; and three grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 New Mexico Ona Hensley CLOVIS, N.M. - Ona "Gertrude" Hensley, 97, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. CST today in the Morton Cemetery at Morton, Texas, with the Rev. Gene Hawkins officiating. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home Inc. Mrs. Hensley was born in Madisonville, Texas, and moved to Clovis in 1994. She was a retired school teacher and a member of Central Baptist Church. She married the Rev. Bradley Jay Hensley in 1935. He died in 1964. She also was preceded in death by two sons, John Hensley and James Hensley. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Hagelgantz and Sammie Paro, both of Clovis; a brother, Gaylor Magness of Hampton, Va.; four sisters, Grace Tate of Dallas, Ethel O'dell and Willie Mae Miller, both of Comanche, Texas, and Doris Killingsworth of Kilgore, Texas; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Chuck Riegel CLOVIS, N.M. - Chuck Riegel, 36, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Advent Christian Church with Brad Rigney, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens at a later date. Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Mr. Riegel was born in Albuquerque. He attended grade school and junior high school at Clovis and high school at Los Lunas. He was a diesel mechanic for White Freight Line Truck Co., and also worked for other independent truck lines as a mechanic. Survivors include two daughters, Brandi Riegel and Randi Riegel, both of Glenwood; parents, Norman and Mildred Riegel of Tucumcari; a brother, Michael Dean Riegel of Oklahoma; and two sisters, Donna Jean Donnell of Dodge City, Kan., and Nancy Lynn Miller of Clovis. The family will be at the home of Bill and Nancy Miller, 730 S.R. 467, Clovis. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Cynthia Rose Jones CLOVIS, N.M. - Cynthia Rose Jones, infant daughter of Stacy Don Jones and Rose Marie Sena, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mission Garden of Memories. Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Cynthia was born Oct. 11 in Albuquerque. Survivors include her parents; grandparents, Henry and Luann Navarro and Howard and Lona Jones, all of Clovis; and great-grandparents, Ralph Navarro, Mary Jones, Maxine Goldsmith and Jackie Meisch, all of Clovis. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Dorothy Hall Floyd CLOVIS, N.M. - Dorothy Hall Floyd, 56, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. today in Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints with Bishop Larry Rancock officiating. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Fairview, Utah. Burial will be in Springville Cemetery at Springville, Utah. Local arrangements were by Muffley Funeral Home. Utah arrangements are by Ursenbach Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant, Utah. Ms. Floyd was born in Springville. She earned a master's degree in library science. She retired as college librarian for Snow College at Ephraim, Utah. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had been a volunteer worker at the family history center at the church. Survivors include three brothers, Hilton Hall of Belmont, Mass., Clifton Hall of Keedysville, Md., and Allan Hall of Fairview; and three sisters, Barbara Clark of Wheat Ridge, Colo., Phyllis Loane of Logan, Utah, and Audrey Barwick of Phoenix. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Oklahoma Earl Albert Reynolds WEATHERFORD, Okla. - Earl Albert Reynolds, 77, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Carlos Chaves officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens with military honors by the Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard. Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home of Clovis, N.M. Mr. Reynolds was born in Syracuse, Kan., and was raised in Clovis. He attended high school in Hays, Kan., graduating from St. Joseph Academy in 1940. He attended J.S. Morton Junior College at Cicero, Ill. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre. He attended Western Illinois State University at Western, Ill., where he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry. He taught at the University of Mississippi and attended George Peabody College, where he earned his doctorate. He married Louise Klein in 1953 at Chicago. He taught chemistry at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford. He served as the vice president at Southwestern for five years, retiring in 1986. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Roger Reynolds of Forest Grove, Ore., Rick Reynolds of Casper, Wyo., and Mark Reynolds of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Dianne Vinson of Inverness, Fla., and Nancy Fowler of Amarillo; and nine grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation or the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Ivan Leo Pierce TEXHOMA, Okla. - Ivan Leo Pierce, 79, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, in Amarillo. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Davidson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Texhoma Cemetery by Dawson-Welch Funeral Home. Mr. Pierce was born in Shawnee, Okla. He served in the Army during World War II. He married Martha Bowman in 1944 at Arkansas City, Kan. He moved in 1958 from Arkansas City to Elkhart City, Kan. In 1965, he settled in Texhoma, where he continued his cattletrucking business until retiring after 40 years. He had been a Baptist. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Phil Pierce of Idabel, Mark Pierce of Waverly, Tenn., and James "Jim" Pierce of Hooker; a sister, Virginia Elliott of Great Bend, Kan.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to Texhoma Cemetery Fund, Texhoma, OK 73949. Memorials also may be sent in care of Dawson-Welch Funeral Home, Box 445, Texhoma, OK 73949. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Elsewhere Rodger Mark Wilson NEW YORK CITY - Rodger Mark Wilson, 48, formerly of Canyon, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999. Memorial services were at Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York City. Additional services will be at 1 p.m. Dec. 20 in Bethany Presbyterian Church at Dallas, and at 4 p.m. Jan. 11 in First Presbyterian Church of Canyon. Mr. Wilson was born in Canyon. He graduated from Canyon High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Earlham College at Richmond, Ind., and a master of fine arts degree in 1979 from Trinity University's Dallas Theater Center. In 1980, he co-founded the 250-voice Turtle Creek Chorale, a men's vocal group. In 1998, he moved to New York City and joined the Rutgers Presbyterian Church, where he edited the newsletter and represented Rutgers in the Presbytery of New York City. Mr. Wilson was a featured dancer in the show "Texas" and also had been a teacher, an antique dealer, owner of a landscape company and a health care educator. Survivors include his life partner, James E. Nicholson of New York; his mother, Donna E. Wilson of Canyon; and a sister, Judy Hubbard of Ralls. The family requests memorials be to the Turtle Creek Chorale AIDS Fund; Opportunity Plan; or a favorite charity. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Oscar Beyer DALLAS - Oscar Beyer, 86, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Grove Hill Memorial Park with the Rev. Dindo Cuario officiating. Arrangements are by Grove Hill Funeral Home of Dallas. Mr. Beyer was preceded in death by his wife, Fayrene. Survivors include a son, Glenn Beyer of Amarillo; two grandsons; and six greatgrandsons. The family requests memorials be to the Panhandle chapter of the Alzheimer's Disease Association; or to Crown of Texas Hospice in Amarillo. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999 Nanette Anderson WHITESBORO - Nanette Cummings Anderson, 62, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Funderburg and the Rev. Harold Watson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery by Huff Funeral Home. Mrs. Anderson was born in Tulia. She was a homemaker and a member of the Contemporary Women's Club and First Baptist Church. She married Jim Anderson in 1958 at Amarillo. Survivors include her husband; a son, David Anderson of Whitesboro; four daughters, Leslie Neal and April Loewen, both of Whitesboro, Amber Anderson of Gainesville and Melanie Anderson of New York; her mother, Bess Cummings of Whitesboro; a sister, Betty Mullins of Abilene; and nine granddaughters. The family will receive visitors from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Huff Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials be to the building fund at First Baptist Church, Whitesboro, TX 76273. Amarillo Daily News Dec. 10, 1999