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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; Sunday, June 18, 2000, 6:46 AM Area Phillip Feltz DUMAS - Phillip Feltz, 80, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Vince Kolb, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors. Mr. Feltz was born in Dalhart and grew up in Middlewell Community and Dumas. He graduated from Dumas High School and attended Texas Tech. During World War II, he served with the Army. He was a retired farmer and moved to Amarillo in 1977. Mr. Feltz was a bowler and a member of several leagues and championship teams. He competed in Dumas and Amarillo and in state and national tournaments. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Dumas. He is survived by a brother, Charles H. Feltz of Temecula, Calif. The family suggests memorials be to the Scholarship Fund at First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1118, Dumas, TX 79029; or Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second, Dumas, TX 79029. The family will be at 1000 Avenue P in Sunray. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Ray J. Bryley MEMPHIS - Ray J. Bryley, 79, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Wright officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Memphis Funeral Home. Mr. Bryley was born in Valliant, Okla., and had lived in Memphis for 45 years. During World War II, he served in the Army. He was a farmer and a Mason. He married Pearline Deary in 1946 at Idabel, Okla. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Robbie Wright of El Mirage, Ariz., and Gloria Jones of Glendale, Ariz.; four sons, Billy Bryley of Memphis, Bobby Bryley of El Mirage, Charles Ray Bryley of Santa Clara, Calif., and Kenneth Bryley of Clarendon; 17 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101. The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Marie Anderson FRITCH - Marie Anderson, 72, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice Chapel at Amarillo with Richard Dorsey, hospice chaplain, officiating. Arrangements are by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mrs. Anderson was born in Adrian and was a lifetime area resident, having lived the past 25 years near Fritch. She was a Methodist and had worked as a clerk typist in an Amarillo library. Survivors include her husband, Houston Anderson; two sons, Dennis Smith and Nick Smith, both of Dallas; two daughters, Debbie Risinger of Oklahoma City and Lorie Smith of Austin; a sister, Edna Sousa of San Jose, Calif.; and five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Charlotte Josephine Darce PAMPA - Charlotte Josephine "Jo" Perkins Darce, 72, died Thursday, June 15, 2000, in Temple. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Todd Dyess, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. Darce was born in Creston, N.C. She attended schools in Virginia. She moved from Louisiana to Pampa in 1961, and lived in St. Louis from 1980, returning to Pampa in 1994. She was active in the First United Methodist Church, the 20th Century Cotillion Study Club and the Good Samaritan Christian Services. She married Roland J. Darce in 1951 at Jonesboro, Ark. Mrs. Darce was preceded in death by two sons, Steve Williams and David Darce. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Linda Harder of Stillwater, Minn.; two sons, Phillip "Flip" Darce of Austin and Chad Darce of St. Louis; her mother, Mattie Combs of Malvern, Pa., three sisters, Jean Banz of Lusby, Md., Edna Latham of Malvern and Betsy Royal of Virginia; two brothers, Bill Perkins of Ohio and Clay Perkins of Palm Bay, Fla.; and six grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Opportunity Plan Inc., Box 1035, Canyon, TX 79015-1035; or ALS Association of South Texas, David Darce Memorial, 6800 Park Ten Blvd., Suite 220 N, San Antonio, TX 78213. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Deana Ondracek BOOKER - Deana Ondracek, 81, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in United Methodist Church with the Rev. Carl Thorell officiating. Burial will be in Sophia Cemetery by Good Samaritan Funeral Service. Mrs. Ondracek was born in Dayton, Ark. She attended a country school and later attended beauty school in Tulsa, Okla. She moved to Perryton and opened her own beauty shop. She married Albert Ondracek in 1945 at Liberal, Kan. They moved northeast of Darrouzett and farmed. She also operated her own beauty shop and sold Avon products. Mrs. Ondracek opened Ondracek's Country Furniture Store in 1965, retiring in 1992. Her husband died in 1993. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Judy Hughes of the Booker area; a sister, Alta Tucker of Wister, Okla.; three granddaughters; and seven great-grandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 L.D. Cox PAMPA - L.D. Cox, 82, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Teeter, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by CarmichaelWhatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Cox was born in Cuyler and had been a resident of Pampa since 1976, moving from Amarillo. He served in the Army during World War II. He worked for Houston & Tinney Lumber, Pampa Concrete and Tejas Feeders. He was a Methodist. He married Florence Harrell in 1976. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Joy Sherrod, Sherry Russ and Pam Lane, all of Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Beverly Taylor of Pampa; two sons, Larry Cox and Dennis Cox, both of Amarillo; a stepson, Leon Brewer of Pampa; a brother, Leroy Cox of Tulia; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, Panhandle Chapter, 2200 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106; or the Coronado Health Care Center, 1504 W. Kentucky, Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Goldie E. McNabb PAMPA - Goldie E. McNabb, 90, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Fellowship Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Lowrey, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. McNabb was born in Knowles, Okla., and had lived in Pampa since 1967. She was a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She married Charles O. McNabb in 1928 at Booker. He died in 1984. Her son, Jimmy McNabb, died in 1969. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara E. Keller of Pampa and Verna Lee Chapman of Vega; three sisters, Ruby Dyer of Knowles, Okla., Marieta Cope of Haysville, Kan., and Ila McCleod of Augusta, Kan.; a brother, Billy Dixon of Tulsa, Okla.; six grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Pauline Smith WELLINGTON - Pauline Smith, 82, died Saturday, June 17, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Monte Kreis, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Gould Cemetery at Gould, Okla., by Adams Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith was born in Achille, Okla., and graduated from high school in Eldorado, Okla. She moved to Wellington in 1967 from Borger. A retired dietitian for Thomas Nursing Home in Wellington, she was a member of First Methodist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She married Leslie Cannon in 1939 at Ontario, Calif. He died in 1973. She married Hobart Smith in 1977 at Duke, Okla. He died in 1999. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Johnson and Kathy Coleman, both of Wellington, and Kim West of Flower Mound; four grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church; or Wellington Cemetery Association. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Ethel Vinnie Riley HEREFORD - Ethel Vinnie Riley, 88, died Saturday, June 17, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Rose Chapel of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dean McNamara, chaplain of Vista Care Family Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Riley was born in Wellington and moved to Deaf Smith County in 1949. She had worked as a restaurant cook. She married Roy Debs Riley in 1938 at Hollis, Okla. He died in 1965. Survivors include a daughter, Bobbie Lou Clark of Friona; four sons, Billy Joe Evans of Dumas, Roy Alfred Evans and Bernie Riley, both of Hereford, and Weldon E. Riley of Canyon; a sister, Donna Reeves of Weimar, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to any homeless shelter. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Ruby Vola Back MCLEAN - Ruby Vola Back, 92, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in McLean Church of Christ with Jim Reyna, minister, and George Watson, retired Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Westside Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mrs. Back was born in Cumberland Mountain, Tenn. Before moving to McLean in 1946, she owned a cafe in Dumas, where she was a member of the Shamrock Ladies Club. In McLean, she was a member of the Church of Christ and the Ladies Quilting Club. She married Nevile Gayhart Back in 1942 at Amarillo. They ranched and raised horses. He died in 1988. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Bentley of Amarillo; a sister, Alma Turner of Tyrone, Okla.; a brother, Jay Randolph of Liberal, Kan.; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Vera Mae Williams CHILDRESS - Vera Mae Williams, 73, died Friday, June 16, 2000, in Phoenix. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Carey Cemetery at Carey. Mrs. Williams was born in Carey and was an interior decorator, a teacher, and a homemaker. She was a member of Church of Christ. She is survived by a sister, Betty Wilson of Rio Hondo. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Oklahoma Eddie Max Ackley GUYMON, Okla. - Eddie Max Ackley, 70, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Victory Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Chaffin officiating. Burial will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery by Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home. Mr. Ackley was born near Jet. Since 1952, he worked as a custom harvester in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. During the winter months, he drove a cattle truck. He served with the Army during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion and Custom Harvesters Association. He married Mattie Lucille Fuson in 1958 at Oklahoma City. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Rita Kay Hill; a son, Eddie Jay Ackley; two sisters, Leona Rhodes of Jet and Idalee Scott of Enid; and six grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center; or the American Cancer Society. Memorials may be mailed to Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Amarillo Bobbie Anstead Bobbie Anstead, 91, formerly of Amarillo, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in Bentonville, Ark. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with Dr. Dana Moore, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mrs. Anstead was born in Montgomery County, and was raised in Amarillo, where she lived until moving to Bentonville three years ago. She had been a waitress. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Anstead; and by her son, George Clarence Woods, in 1983. Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Justice of Arizona; three sisters, Vivian M. Wolfe of Denton, Jessie M. Ridenour of Bentonville and Juanita Davis of Amarillo; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, 555 E. Hastings Ave., Amarillo TX 79108. The family will be at 401 S. Georgia St. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Audrey Janell Sackett Audrey Janell Sackett, 59, of Amarillo, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Prince of Peace Lutheran Church with the Rev. John Elser, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Garden Mausoleum by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mrs. Sackett was born in the Ancon Canal Zone of Panama. She was a member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. She married Dan Sackett in 1959 at Albuquerque, N.M. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Tammie Nokes and Lucy Holmes, both of Amarillo; a son, Danny Sackett of Amarillo; a sister, Bobbie Bales of Las Vegas; her stepmother, Faydeen Goodwin of Midland; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to American Lung Association of Texas, 3520 Executive Center Drive, Suite G100, Austin, TX 78731-1698. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Carl H. Smith Carl H. Smith, 84, formerly of Amarillo, died Friday, June 16, 2000, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Floral Hills at Gulfport, Miss. Arrangements are by BradfordO'Keefe Funeral Homes Inc. of Ocean Springs. Mr. Smith was born in Henrietta. He graduated from Pampa High School in Pampa and attended Cameron University at Oklahoma. He was a football player. He was a longtime resident of Amarillo and retired as a driver for New Mexico Transportation, in 1980. Mr. Smith had lived on the Gulf Coast for the past five years. He was a member of the Paramount Christian Church in Amarillo and the Masonic Lodge in Port Arthur. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris E. Smith; and by a daughter, Sandra Jones. Survivors include two daughters, Claudia Harrell of Gautier, Miss., and by Juanita Smith of Ocean Springs; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Caddie M. Williams Caddie M. Williams, 93, formerly of Amarillo and Slaton, died Thursday, June 15, 2000, in Midland. Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday in Llano Cemetery at Amarillo with the Rev. Jim Garrett of Polk Street United Methodist Church in Amarillo officiating. Arrangements are by Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Mrs. Williams was born in Caddo, Okla. She had previously lived in Heck Switch, Dumas, Amarillo and Slaton before moving to Midland in 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She married H.E. "Jack" Williams in 1927 at Sayre, Okla. He died in 1999. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty J. McLaughlin, in 1993. Survivors include a son, Harold Dean Williams of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a daughter, Frankie M. Simmons of Midland; four grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Midland Cerebral Palsy Center, 802 Ventura, Midland, TX 79705; or a favorite charity. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Claude Scott Claude "Sandy" Scott, 55, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Mount Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. V.P. Perry, pastor, officiating. Cremation will be by Memory Gardens Crematory. Arrangements are by Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes. Mr. Scott was born in Crockett and attended Hilltop Elementary School and Carver High School. He was a former railroad employee and laborer. Survivors include two sons, Calvin Scott and Christopher Scott, both of St. Paul, Minn.; two daughters, Tamara Scott of Knoxville, Tenn., and Carmen Scott of Oklahoma City; two stepdaughters, Shawn Moore of Dallas and Eugenia Moore of Amarillo; three sisters, Rita Rector, Stacy Jones, and Jockyln Jones, all of Amarillo; four brothers, William Scott and Thomas Jones, both of Amarillo, Ralph Jones of Jacksonville, Fla., and Leonard Jones of Odessa; stepfather, Pete Jones of Amarillo; and nine grandchildren. The family will be at 3117 Redwood. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Joseph Deewaine Gaspard Joseph Deewaine Gaspard, 40, of Amarillo, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Saint Stephen United Methodist Church with Dr. Jim Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mr. Gaspard was born in Dallas and graduated from Caprock High School in Amarillo, where he was a longtime resident. A veteran of the Army, he played the drums, worked as a sign designer, and was a member of Saint Stephen United Methodist Church. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Betty Ann and Ron Gillespie of Amarillo; two brothers, Jimmy Ray Gaspard II of Pensacola, Fla., and Rick Wes Iler of Waco. The family will be at 7603 Tripp Ave., and suggest memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 William Jessie Jones Jr. William Jessie Jones Jr., 75, of Amarillo, died Monday, June 5, 2000. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Colonial Funeral Chapel, 1010 W. Ninth Ave., with the Rev. Dana Moore of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Jones was born in Kenefic, Okla., and moved to Amarillo in 1947 from Canadian. He was a Baptist and retired from the Amarillo Fire Department. He married Virginia Jones in 1969 at Amarillo. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert Michael Jones of Amarillo and William Patrick Jones of Boynton Beach, Fla.; his mother, Dora Jones of Georgia; a sister, Bettie Horne of Greenville, S.C.; two stepsons, Bill Harmon of Amarillo and Jim Harmon of Montana; a stepdaughter, Susan Harmon of Denton; three brothers, Earl Jones and James Jones, both of Amarillo, and Sam Jones of Sulphur Springs; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Canyon Mary Jean Gibson Mary Jean Mickle Gibson, 82, of Canyon, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Deckard, pastor of Westover Fellowship Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Gibson was born in Canyon. She graduated from Canyon High School in 1935 and was named the CHS Beauty Queen. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Home Demonstration Club. Survivors include a brother, Ed Densmore Mickle Jr. of Canyon; and a sister, Lorine Mickle Childers of Canyon. The family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center, Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 New Mexico Joe Lewis Martinez CLOVIS, N.M. - Joe Lewis Martinez, 32, formerly of Clovis, died Thursday, June 15, 2000, in Amarillo. Services will be at 6 p.m. Monday in The Chapel with Darral Bonjour, minister, officiating. Burial will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home Inc. Mr. Martinez was born in Clovis and was a lifetime resident until moving to Amarillo in November. He was a counselor for the deaf and assisted with the needs of the deaf. He was a member of the Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo. Survivors include his father, Lewis Martinez of Clovis; his mother, Rita Martinez of Clovis; three brothers, Jim Lucero of Santa Fe, Danny Lucero of San Bruno, Calif., and Larry Lucero of Clovis; and a sister, Patricia Martinez of Amarillo. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 Mozel Smith TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Mozel Smith, 89, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Dunn Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Scott Seymour, minister of Center Street United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot at Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Poteau, Okla., and was a longtime resident of Tucumcari. A homemaker, she was a member of the Center Street United Methodist Church in Tucumcari and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Auxiliary. Her husband, Herbert N. Smith, died in 1976. Survivors include a son, Donald Smith of Las Vegas; two daughters, Nealene Bradley of Quay, and Joanne Brown of Tucumcari; two sisters, Mildred Kimmons of Mesa, Ariz., and Etola Shelton of Roseburg, Ore.; a brother, William Gilbert of Portales; 11 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000 James C. Self CLOVIS, N.M. - James C. "Jimmy" Self, 78, died Friday, June 16, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Tom Rush officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery by Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Mr. Self was born in Childress, Texas. After serving with the Army during World War II, he moved to Clovis in the early 1950s. He worked in the field of radio and television broadcasting, announcing and recording. He managed, owned and operated radio stations in the area, including Farwell, Texas. In 1953, he became the first artist to record at the Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, where he worked and recorded. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Clovis. He married Zelma Boyd in 1952. She died in 1994. Survivors include two daughters, Terri Doerr of Portales and Marilyn Patterson of Colleyville, Texas; two sons, James Self of Hereford, Texas, and Phillip Self of Childress; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Clovis Building Fund; the Baptist Children's Home in Portales; or a favorite charity. Amarillo Sunday News-Globe June 18, 2000