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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Darren McCathern (quohadi@quackquack.com) Thanks to the Amarillo Newspapers for allowing us to place their online obits in the USGenWeb Archives ==================================================================== Last updated; Thursday, August 10, 2000, 6:34 AM Area Jimmy Cooper DALHART - Jimmy Cooper, 69, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Stephen Lowrie, minister, and the Rev. Clifford Dane officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Hass Funeral Home Inc. Mr. Cooper was born in Texola, Okla., and lived in Amarillo until 1971. He was manager of North Texas Engine in Dalhart and later became part-owner. He was founder and president of Turbo Cool Inc., where he invented and owned the first patent on turbo coolers for irrigation engines. He served on the Dalhart City Council and was mayor pro tem for one year. Mr. Cooper attended First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and Sunday school teacher. He married Carolyn Faye Oliver in 1951 at Clovis, N.M. Survivors include his wife; four children, the Rev. David Lee Cooper of Richmond, Va., Becky Hendricks of San Antonio, the Rev. Jimmy B. Cooper of Dodge City, Kan., and Teri Cooper of Dalhart; five brothers, Bill Cooper and Bobby Cooper, both of Walters, Okla., J.C. Cooper of Irving, Ronnie Cooper of Flagstaff, Ariz., and A.J. Baker of Amarillo; and eight grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, c/o First Baptist Church in Dalhart. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Aneka V. Anders PAMPA - Aneka V. "Dee" Anders, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, in Spearman. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Derrell Monday, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. Anders was born in East St. Louis, Ill., and had been a longtime Pampa resident. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church. She married F.A. Anders in 1949 at Clovis, N.M. He died in 1984. Survivors include a son, John Anders of Borger; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 O.C. Campbell KRESS - O.C. Campbell, 86, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Colonial Chapel with Johnnie Williams, retired Methodist minister from Lubbock, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park. Mr. Campbell was born in Atoka County, Okla. He moved to Arizona in 1928 and came to Texas in 1931. He was a farmer and rancher. In the 1940s, he and his wife's brothers developed what is now the O.C. Campbell Ranch in Roaring Springs. He began farming west of Kress in 1950. He was a Mason and served as president of the Kress School Board and Sunday school superintendent at Kress First United Methodist Church. Mr. Campbell married Faye Turner in 1940. She died in 1982. He also was preceded in death by a child. Survivors include three sons, Gene Campbell of Lehigh Acres, Fla., Jerry Campbell of Pasadena, Calif., and James Campbell of Hart; a daughter, Molly Box of Abilene; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, Kress, TX 79052. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Jean Earl PAMPA - Jean Earl, 69, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, in Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Randy White, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. Earl was born in Houston. She graduated from Lufkin High School. She moved to Pampa in 1971. She worked for the Head Start Program at Pampa Independent School District. She also helped found the Child Development Center at First Baptist Church in 1980. She was a member of First Baptist Church and taught Sunday school. She prepared meals at Pampa Senior Citizens Center and served as a driver for seniors in Pampa. She also worked with the Literacy Program in the Pampa schools. She married Melville E. Earl Jr. in 1950 at Lufkin. He died in 1988. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Henline, in 1984. Survivors include three sons, Melvin Earl and Bobby Earl, both of Pampa, and John Earl of Lubbock; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Elva Lee Williams BORGER - Elva Lee Williams, 66, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ with the Rev. Harry Williams officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mr. Williams was born in Cooper and had lived in Borger since 1952. He retired from Colorado Interstate as an operator in 1995. He married Shirley Sims in 1952 at Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Don Williams of Clarksville, Elva Williams Jr. of Norfolk, Va., Chester Williams of Germany and Daral Williams of Borger; three daughters, Charlotte Williams of Houston, Sharon Thorp of Dallas and Modina Smith of Borger; and 11 grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Ricky Trevino HEREFORD - Ricky Trevino, 39, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Rix Funeral Directors Chapel with Mark Powers and Ernesto Cantu Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Rest Lawn Memorial Park. Mr. Trevino was born in Dimmitt and was a lifelong resident of the Dimmitt and Hereford areas. He graduated from Hereford High School in 1980. He had worked as a farm hand most of his life. Survivors include his father, Enrique Trevino Jr. of Spearman; his mother, Carmen Trevino of Hereford; two brothers, Mario of Hereford and Rany of San Antonio. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Melvin Clawson DUMAS - Melvin Clawson, 74, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. J. McGaughy, pastor, and the Rev. H.L. Stevens, retired First Assembly of God minister, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. Mr. Clawson was born in Mena, Ark., and had lived in Dumas since 1951. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He was a masonry contractor. He married Mildred Hughes in 1953 at Clayton, N.M. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Bobby Jo Clawson of Ore City, Jimmy Glen Clawson of DeSoto, Randy Melvin Clawson of Woodward, Okla., and Vernon Stafford of Dumas; two daughters, Becky Charlene Hathaway of Canyon and Vicky Lynn Scott of Plainview; three brothers, Ray Clawson of Georgia and Bill Clawson and Dean Clawson, both of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Faye Dodson of Paris; 20 grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Dumas Hospice, 224 E. Second St., Dumas, TX 79029. The family will be at 223 Spruce. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Lucille Barnes FLOYDADA - Lucille Barnes, 74, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Floydada Cemetery with the Rev. J. Dean McNamara, chaplain of Vista Care Hospice of Plainview, officiating. Arrangements are by Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home. Mrs. Barnes was born in Floyd County. She attended schools at Hillcrest and Fairview. In 1997, she retired as a beauty operator and moved from Longview to Floydada. She was a Baptist. She married Wilford Barnes in 1951 at Corsicana. Survivors include her husband; two brothers, Wendell Graham of Floydada and Morris Graham of Lake Brownwood; and three sisters, Dolly Emert, Irene Boutwell and Carmen Starkey, all of Floydada. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Amarillo Kelly Lee Weeden Kelly Lee Weeden, 43, of Amarillo, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Bennett of Freedom Baptist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 15th Avenue and Martin Road. Mr. Weeden was a lifelong Amarillo resident. He attended Palo Duro High School and earned a degree in 1999 at Amarillo College School of Nursing. He had worked for Integrated Health Services of Amarillo. He was a veteran of the Navy. He married Tina Penry in 1994 at Amarillo. Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Samantha Weeden, Amanda Weeden and Jennifer Tischler of Amarillo and Kimberly Tischler of Corpus Christi; his mother, Sami Cooper of New Braunfels; his father, Gene Weeden of Amarillo; a brother, Courtney Weeden of Teague; his grandmother, Mildred Morris of Yoakum; and a great-grandmother, Ada Whitefield of Wagner, Okla. The family suggests memorials be to the Kelly Weeden Memorial Fund. The family will be at 5313 Keystone. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Robert Keith Robert Keith, 78, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Keith was born in Kentucky. He married Bertha Amelia Dutcher in 1980 at Amarillo. She died in March. Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Marie Sandoval and Jacqueline Bruns, both of Amarillo; four sons, Herbert Ralph Brown, William Joseph Brown, Peter James Brown and Charles Robert Brown, all of Amarillo; 21 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Elizabeth Young Elizabeth Young, 69, of Amarillo, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Warford-Walker Mortuary, Chapel of Roses, 509 N. Hughes, with the Rev. Jackie Riles, pastor of Greater Love Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Young was born in Asbury Park, N.J. She graduated from high school in New Jersey. She married Wade Young in 1981. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Betty Dudley; three brothers, Samuel and John Henry, both of Washington, D.C., and Charles McKinney of England; and two sisters, Catherine Cole of Washington, D.C., and Eloise Williams of Amarillo. The family will be at 506 N. Adams St. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Lora Olga Phillips Lora Olga Phillips, 82, formerly of Amarillo, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000, in Aurora, Colo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Richard Rice, of Bykota Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips was born in Marble Falls. She moved to Amarillo in 1956 and to Aurora, Colo., in 1990. She was a homemaker. She married Robert C. Phillips in 1935. He died in 1974. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Coatney of Aurora; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Leonard Arthur Wallace Leonard Arthur Wallace, 82, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Gale Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mr. Wallace was born in Tinnie, N.M. He moved to Amarillo in 1921, to Dalhart in 1949 and back to Amarillo in 1959. He was retired from Panhandle Fruit. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church. He married Christine McNutt in 1939 at Amarillo. She died in 1956. Survivors include six daughters, Peggy Walker and Sue George, both of Amarillo, Bettye Hughes of Valley De Oro, Donna Henderson of Dalhart, Eva Donovan of Fairfax, Okla., and Carol Hoyo of San Antonio; three sisters, Audrey Pekala, Irene Malone and Ruth Snelling, all of Amarillo; three brothers, F.H. Wallace and Roy Wallace, both of Amarillo and Gale Wallace of Wheaton, Md.; 17 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 New Mexico Jack Cavely Goddard RATON, N.M. - Jack Cavely Goddard, 71, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Hensley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery by Alderette-Pomeroy Funeral Home. Mr. Goddard was born in Wichita, Kan. He moved to Borger in 1949 and opened Red's Shoe Shop. He moved to Pampa in 1968, where he owned and operated Cavely's Pest Control at Pampa and other locations in Raton, N.M., and Colorado. He owned quarter horse and thoroughbred race horses in La Mesa Park at Raton. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Raton. He married Betty Jean Purcell in 1945 at Oklahoma City. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Johnny Lee Goddard. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sharon Goddard of Pampa and Deborah Stamp of Amarillo; and two grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Alta Boone TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Alta Boone, 57, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Dunn Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bob Miller, minister of South Georgia Street Baptist Church in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Boone was born in Tucumcari and was a lifetime resident. She attended schools at Tucumcari. She was a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Roy Boone; two daughters, Shawna Wilson of Tucumcari and Julie Cook of Roswell; two sisters, Janette Goodwin of Dalhart, Texas and Shirley Terrell of Amarillo; three brothers, Bobby Parks of Tucumcari, Roy Parks of Hesperus, Colo., and T.J. Parks of Tatum; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Oklahoma Beatrice Bohlander GUYMON, Okla. - Beatrice Bohlander, 91, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Henson-Novak Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Derek Cox, pastor of First Baptist Church in Boise City, Okla., officiating. Graveside services will be Saturday morning at the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery at Benton, Ill., by the Poulson Funeral Home at Benton. Mrs. Bohlander was born in Beamish, England, and immigrated to the United States in 1915, settling in Rend City, Okla., where she attended school. She moved to Benton, Ill. after she married. She worked for Miner's Hospital in Christopher, Ill. She earned her licensed practical nurse degree in 1952. She retired in 1968 and moved to Guymon in 1974. Mrs. Bohlander was a member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the choir. She married Henry Fred Bohlander in 1927. He died in 1951. Survivors include a son, Dr. R.A. Bohlander of Guymon; and three granddaughters. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, Building Fund. Memorials will be accepted at the church office or at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000 Elsewhere Clyce R. Wheeler ANNISTON - Clyce R. "Tex" Wheeler, 75, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Anniston Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Owens and the Rev. Ray Clevenger officiating. Burial will be in Anniston Memorial Gardens. Mr. Wheeler was a World War II veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He retired from AAFES. He was a hospice volunteer. Survivors include a daughter, Kristin Wheeler of Spain; a stepson, James Ray Harris of Anniston; a stepdaughter, Peggy Ward of Anniston; a sister, Pat Murray of Pampa; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials in lieu of flowers be to Hospice of East Alabama, 1302 Noble St., Anniston, AL 36201. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 9, 2000 Asa H. Shanks FORT WORTH - Asa H. Shanks, 93, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000. Memorial services will be planned at a later date. Arrangements by Winscott Road Funeral Home of Benbrook. Mr. Shanks moved to Fort Worth in 1997 from Amarillo, where he had lived since 1954. He was a member of the Salvation Army Corps, the Masonic Lodge No. 731, the Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs. He also taught Sunday school. He was preceded in death by his wife, Berniece Ruggles Shanks; and by three infant sons, David Asa Shanks, Jimmy Wayne Shanks and Donald Lee Shanks. Survivors include a daughter, Muriel Cordes of Fort Worth; a son Robert D. Shanks of Fort Worth; three granddaughters; and nine great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials in lieu of flowers be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Daily News, Aug. 10, 2000