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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; Wednesday, May 19, 1999, 6:12 AM Area Cecil Adams CROSBYTON - Cecil "Buke" Adams, 95, died Saturday, May 15, 1999. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Crosbyton Cemetery with the Rev. Wendell Horn, pastor of Floydada First United Methodist Church officiating. Arrangements were by Adams Funeral Home. Mr. Adams was born in Downing and moved to Crosbyton in 1977 from Estelline. He attended school in Estelline. He was a member of the Crosbyton United Methodist Church and was a retired farmer. He married Eula Lee Richburg in 1926 at Memphis, Texas. She died in 1966. Survivors include a son, Bobby Adams, of Crosbyton; a brother, Quentin Adams, of Littlefield; two grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Crosbyton First United Methodist Church or to Vista Hospice Care Foundation, 7606 University Suite C, Lubbock, TX 79423. Edgar L. Boyett SUNRAY - Edgar L. Boyett, 87, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church of Sunray with the Rev. H.L. Stevens, retired Assembly of God of Dumas, and the Rev. Roger Green, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lane Memorial Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors. Mr. Boyett had been a Moore County resident since 1947. He retired in 1971 from American Zinc. He married Wilma Cooper in 1940 at Mount Vernon. He was preceded in death by a son, Danny Lee Boyett, in 1968. Survivors include his wife; a brother, Frank Boyett of Sunray; and three sisters, Katie Davis of Bakersfield, Calif., Belia Lewis of Bernelio, N.M., and Jewel Stevens of Mount Pleasant. The family will be at 204 Avenue Q in Sunray. They suggest memorials be to a favorite charity. Ethel Grigg TULIA - Ethel Grigg, 97, of El Paso and formerly of Tulia, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Davenport officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery by Wallace Funeral Home of Tulia. Mrs. Grigg was born in Bosque County and moved with her family to Fisher County in 1907. She attended elementary school in Rotan. Her family moved to a Briscoe County farm north of Silverton in 1917. In 1921, she graduated from Silverton High School. Mrs. Grigg attended Wayland Baptist College and Hardin-Simmons College. Prior to her marriage, she taught elementary school in Silverton and Tulia. A longtime resident of Tulia, she was a member of First Baptist Church and the Sorosis Study Club. She moved to El Paso five years ago. She married Ewell Grigg in 1929 at Hale Center. He died in 1991. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Beth Brient of Santa Fe, N.M.; and two grandchildren. Oralu Y. Lymburner Oralu Y. Lymburner, 55, of Skellytown, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Panhandle Cemetery in Panhandle. Memorial services will be at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in Cornerstone Church in Borger. Arrangements are by Colonial Funeral Chapel, 1010 W. Ninth, Amarillo. Mrs. Lymburner was born in Midland, Mich. She was a homemaker and member of Cornerstone Church in Borger. She married Mark Lymburner in 1962 at Midland. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Lymburner. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Timothy Lymburner of Borger and Phillip Lymburner of Skellytown; five daughters, Yvonne Lymburner of Pampa, Debra Epperson and Eunice Lymburner, both of Skellytown, Cindy Torio of Borger and Angela Lymburner of Houston; a brother, Johnny Suderman of Midland; four sisters, Anna Butterfield of Lapier, Mich., Helen Davis and Marilyn Adams, both of Midland, and Ella Weber of Sanford, Mich.; and eight grandchildren. Dwight Banks HEREFORD - Dwight Banks, 76, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Parkside Chapel Funeral Home with Charles Kelley and Keith Smith officiating. Burial will be in Rest Lawn Memorial Park. Mr. Banks was born in Cassville, Mo., and was a World War II veteran of the Navy. He had lived and farmed for more than 34 years in Hereford. He was a member of the 15th Street Church of Christ. He married Louise Dent in 1946 at Plainview. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Betty Coneway of Hereford, Shan Voltin of Bryan and Debbie Floren of Abilene; a sister, Edith Woods of Carlton; and nine grandchildren. Amarillo Cecil Vivian Boydstun Cecil Vivian "Dolly" Boydstun, 99, of Amarillo, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Marty Hamrick of Polk Street United Methodist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce St. Mrs. Boydstun was born in New Mexico, and she was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira, in 1954. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Bill E. Harp Bill E. Harp, 71, of Amarillo, died Sunday, May 16, 1999. Services will be at 4 p.m. today in Paramount Baptist Church with the Rev. F.M. Byford of the church and the Rev. David Harp of First Baptist Church of Stanton, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Mr. Harp was born in Clarendon. He was an Army veteran of World War II, where he drove a tank. He was a salesman for First Supply Co., later working for Motor Parts of Amarillo. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and had been a member of Paramount Baptist Church for 24 years. He married Ernestine Simpson in 1952 at Clovis, N.M. Survivors include his wife; two daughters; Diane Brown of Edmond, Okla., and Dena Quirk of Amarillo; a son, Duane Harp of Amarillo; a sister, Vera Mohney of Amarillo; and four grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Panhandle Chapter Alzheimer's or Paramount Baptist Church Scholarship Fund. The family will be at 3805 Sundown. New Mexico Stanley F. Frost TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Stanley F. Frost, 56, died Monday, May 17, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Tucumcari High School Auditorium. Burial will be in San Jon Cemetery at San Jon. Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home. Mr. Frost was born in Clovis and raised in the Wheatland community. He attended San Jon High School. In lieu of attending the 12th grade, he was admitted to Highlands University as part of its Early Admissions Program, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1962. While attending George Washington University School of Law, he worked for the Library of Congress from 1962-67. From 1967 until 1972, he had a private law practice. In 1972, Mr. Frost was elected district judge of the 10th Judicial District, which consisted of Quay, Harding and De Baca counties. He served as a district judge until 1991 when he was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court by Governor Bruce King. In 1996 he retired as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Frost was a member of Kiwanis International and served on the board of directors of the New Mexico Outdoor Drama Association. He was involved in numerous professional organizations, including the National Conference of State Trial Judges, American Judicature Society, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Governor's Council on Criminal Justice, Region IV Criminal Justice Planning Commission and the New Mexico District Judges Association. He was a member of the New Mexico Judicial Standard Commission. He married Bonnie Gay Duke in 1959. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Warren Frost and Wade Frost; a daughter, Angie Salazar; his parents, Lloyd and Mary Helen Frost of San Jon; three brothers, Gary Frost of Dalhart, Texas, Ron Frost of Edgewood, N.M. and Rex Frost of Chesapeake, Va.; and 10 grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the John Wayne Cancer Institute, 2001 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 860, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Oklahoma Maurice Edwin Mahan ALTUS, Okla. - Maurice Edwin Mahan, 83, died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Bethany. Private graveside services will be at Altus Cemetery followed by a memorial celebration service at 11 a.m. Friday at Lowell Tims Chapel with the Rev. Don English officiating. Mr. Mahan was born in Quinlan. He graduated from Quinlan High School in 1932. He graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1937 with a degree in agronomy. He worked with the state of Oklahoma surveying soil, then with the Soil Conservation Service where he worked in Oklahoma and Texas, including San Angelo, Brownwood, Ranger and Fabens. He moved to Altus in 1944. In 1948, he became a Prudential Insurance agent and moved to a farm near Hetrick, where he farmed. In 1952, he moved to Altus and founded the Mahan Agency, retiring in 1991. He was a certified senior appraiser and served as president of the Western Oklahoma Life Underwriter's Association in 1961-62. He was a member of the Altus Board of Realtors, serving as president in 1970. Mr. Mahan was a charter member of Grace United Methodist Church of Altus, where he served on the administrative board and was active in Methodist Men. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Altus Noon Lion's Club, serving as president in 1970-71. In 1991, he was named a Melvin Jones Fellow, the highest honor given by the Lions Clubs International Foundation. He was involved with Associated Christian Ministries serving as president and working on the Crop Walk. He worked with the Boy Scouts of America as a scoutmaster and with the Girls Scouts as a board member. He did volunteer work with the Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels, Association of Christian Ministries House, the Senior Council of Jackson County, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, the American Association of Retired Persons, Hospice of Jackson County and the Roadrunners. In 1987, he was honored as a Living Legend sponsored by the Museum of the Western Prairie and KWHW Radio in Altus. He married Leatha Marie Washburn in 1937 at Quinlan. Survivors include his wife; six children, Susanna Mahan Norman of Amarillo, James C. Mahan of Altus, Terry Mahan of Phoenix, Jan Mahan Ford of Azle, Texas, Dr. Ben Mahan of Tullahoma, Tenn., and Shari Mahan Portman of Oklahoma City; two brothers, John Mahan of Oklahoma City and the Rev. James Mahan of Altus; a sister, Lola Fritzler of Derby, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the Maurice E. Mahan charitable Foundation at the First State Bank, 721 N. Main, Altus, OK 73521. Elsewhere Ruth M. Kayler FORT WORTH - Ruth M. Kayler, 76, died Saturday, May 15, 1999. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Oakhill Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon by Moore Funeral Home of Arlington. Mrs. Kayler was born in Clarendon. She was a retired secretary and WAVE. She was a member of Oakhill Presbyterian Church, Daughters of American Revolution and DCW. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin L. Kayler. Survivors include three sisters, Jeanne J. Barnes, Janice J. Pair and Dorothy M. Altendorf. The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, Hendricks Hospice Unit of Abilene or Oakhill Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth.