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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 ==================================================================== Amarillo Daily News, Sep. 27, 2000 Dorothy Anna Reed Newman PAMPA - Dorothy Anna Reed Newman, 85, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Doug Yates, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, and the Rev. Barry Loving, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery. Mrs. Newman was born in Jennings, Okla., and had lived in Pampa since 1943. She retired from Dunlaps. She was a member of First Christian Church and the China Painting Club. She married Lester Glenn Newman Sr. in 1934 at Stroud, Okla. He died in 1991. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Phillis Ann Newman. Survivors include three daughters, Willa Joyce Braziel of Kaufman, Barbara Jeannette Fitch of White Deer and Melba Lucille "Suzy" Sirmans of Miami; two sons, Lester Glenn Newman Jr. of White Deer and Harold Lee "Bub" Newman of Mesquite; 15 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Dovie D. Simmons McLEAN - Dovie D. Simmons, 92, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Thacker Haynes, pastor of First Methodist Church, and the Rev. Bryan Quesenbury, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Mrs. Simmons was born in Criner, Okla. She moved to McLean in 1941 from Borger. She married Claude Simmons in 1939 at Chickasha, Okla. They farmed together until 1946. He died in 1993. She owned and operated the Texaco service station in McLean and later the Dairi-O-Drive Inn restaurant. She retired in 1968. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Ted Simmons of McLean; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 190567, Dallas, TX 75219-0567. Viewing will be from 8 to 10 a.m. today at the funeral home and from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. today at the church. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Agnes Lott WHEELER - Agnes Lott, 90, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Toby Henson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home. Mrs. Lott was born in Enid, Okla. She moved from Perryton in 1945 to Wheeler. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. She married Tiry Clifton "T.C." Lott in 1934 at Amarillo. He died in 1965. She also was preceded in death by two daughters, Corrina Kroeker in 1995 and Fliptian Patterson in 1999. Survivors include two daughters, Ruth Ann Edwards and Peggy Jo Hunt, both of Wheeler; a sister, Evelyn Martens of Fresno; two brothers, Clarence Graves of Fresno and Sam Graves of Medford, Ore.; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Wheeler or the American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Ross Dean McKinney PLAINVIEW - Ross Dean McKinney, 79, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Colonial Chapel with A.C. Hamilton, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park. Mr. McKinney was born in Lockney. He served in the Army during World War II. He went to work for W.T. Cain Motor Co. as a mechanic in 1946 and later worked for Maggard Nall Motor Co. He began working in the dairy business east of Plainview in 1952. He retired in 1986. He married Margaret Louis Yarbrough in 1946 at Plainview. She died in 1998. Survivors include a daughter, Mary McKinney of Plainview; a son, Ross McKinney of Laurel, Miss.; brother, Ray McKinney of Cheyenne, Wyo.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Bessie Smith CHILDRESS - Bessie Smith, 98, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Childress Church of Christ with the Rev. Bill Mayes of the church officiating. Burial will be in the Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith was born in Oklahoma. She was a homemaker and a member of Childress Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Bankston Smith; by two daughters, Kathlene Smith and Daisey Marie Smith; and by two sons, Floyd Dale Smith and Clyde Benjamin Smith. Survivors include a daughter, Clarine Smith of the home; two sons, Claude B. Smith of Westminster, S.C., and Johnnie Lewis Smith of Childress; a brother, Charley D. McNeal of Lubbock; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Alton E. Burkhalter CHILDRESS - Alton E. Burkhalter, 87, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Assembly of God with the Rev. David Nuckels officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Burkhalter was born in Odell. He served in the Army during World War II. He had been a parts salesman and was a member of First Assembly of God. He married Cleo in 1940 at Quanah. She died in 1989. He married Helen in 1989. She died in 1996. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Jeanie Thomas of Childress; a brother, Rudell Burkhalter of Fort Worth; and a sister, Mary Smith of Clyde. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Dora N. Aranda HEREFORD - Dora N. Aranda, 80, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Rix Funeral Directors Chapel. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in La Iglesia de San Jose with the Rev. Nicolas Perez officiating. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Aranda was born in San Ignacio and grew up in Laredo. She moved to Hereford in 1958. She was a homemaker and a member of La Iglesia de San Jose. She married Teodula Aranda in 1946 at Laredo. He died in 1973. She also was preceded in death by a son, Rudolfo Aranda, in 1995. Survivors include four sons, Roberto Aranda and Reynaldo Aranda, both of Hereford, Juan Aranda of Amarillo and Teodula Aranda Jr. of Florida; four daughters, Rosa Aranda, Evegelina Mata, Elvia Aranda and Diana Villegas, all of Hereford; a sister, Marina Rodriquez of New Braunfels; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Lewis Earl Crook FRITCH - Lewis Earl "Jack" Crook, 82, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Southern Baptist Church with the Rev. D.C. Lindley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mr. Crook was born in Woodville, Okla. He moved to Fritch in 1954 from Buena Vista. He was an operator for Phillips Petroleum Co. Plains Plant. He was a Baptist and a member of the Phillips Golden Eagles. He married Joe Earlene Atchley in 1947 at Borger. She died in 1999. He also was preceded in death by a son, Alton Wade Crook, in 1964. Survivors include two sons, Jackie Crook and Terry Crook, both of Fritch; two daughters, Annette Wilson of Fritch and Karen McWilliams of Amarillo; a sister, Francis York of Fritch; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 W.R. Moss STINNETT - W.R. "Bob" Moss, 83, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Westlawn Memorial Park with the Rev. D. Jay Lewis, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors in Borger. Mr. Moss was born in Frederick, Okla. He served in the Army during World War II. He moved to Stinnett in 1947 from Kemp, Okla. He was a mechanic and pumper for Phillips Petroleum Co. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Borger and Local Union No. 351. He married Margrett Irene Medaris in 1944 at Durant, Okla. She died in January. Survivors include a son, Kyle Moss of Borger; a brother, M.C. "Bud" Moss of Carthage; a sister, Marie Reeves of Los Angeles; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Calvary Baptist Church in Borger. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Lela Elise Day DUMAS - Lela Elise Jameson Day, 89, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ with Allen Kramer officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. Mrs. Day was born in Robert Lee. She lived in Fritch before moving to Dumas in 1949. She was a homemaker and a member of Sixth and Meredith Church of Christ. She married Arthur B. Day in 1932 at Clovis, N.M. He died in 1996. Survivors include a son, Edwin Day of Fritch; a daughter, Polly Mixon of Amarillo; a sister, Sue Goad of Amarillo; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Nursing Center, 224 E. Second St., Dumas, TX 79029. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Eron Gonzales PLAINVIEW - Eron Gonzales, 68, formerly of Plainview, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, in Grand Prairie. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Guadalupe Munoz of Plainview and Eusebio Castillo of Arlington officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Gonzales was born in Edcouch. He lived in Arlington at the time of his death. He married Consuelo Nava in 1969 at Plainview. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Salazar; and by a son, Santos Gonzales. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Elsa Garcia and Cynthia Gonzales, both of Arlington; five brothers, Ruben Gonzales of Lubbock, Jesse Gonzales and Samuel Gonzales, both of Houston, and Joel Gonzales and Santos Gonzales, both of Plainview; five sisters, Lupe Diaz of Toledo, Ohio; Gloria Gonzales of Kress and Janie Reyna, Julia Gonzales and Zenida Griego, all of Plainview; and five grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Nathan Jay Biera PLAINVIEW - Nathan Jay Biera, 5month-old son of Maria Antonia Castillo and Jonathan Edward Biera, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, in Lubbock. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Gerard Kenney, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Lemons Funeral Home. Nathan was born in Lockney. Survivors include his parents; grandparents, Dario and Crestina Castillo of Plainview, and John Henry and Margaret Biera of Lubbock; and great-grandparents, Enrique and Josefina Biera of Slaton, Elena Castillo of Floydada, and Alfredo and Delores Ramos of Plainview. Visitation will continue until 2 p.m. Thursday at Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Willard W. Gregory PAMPA - Willard W. Gregory, 85, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000. No services are planned. Entombment will be in Llano Mausoleum at Amarillo. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40, in Amarillo. Mr. Gregory was a lifetime resident of Pampa. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was a salesman and a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. At age 80 he got a hole-in-one in golf. Survivors include a daughter, Margo Brandon of San Bernardino, Calif.; and a son, Mark Gregory of Long Beach, Calif. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Amarillo Mavis Ruth LeDoux Mavis Ruth LeDoux, 54, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. No services are planned. Cremation and other arrangements by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Mrs. LeDoux was born in England. She was a homemaker. She married John LeDoux in 1996 at Amarillo. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Kathy Oswald of Pennsylvania; two sons, Jasper Bowman of Pennsylvania and David McCann of Arizona; and three grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Montye Keeter Montye Keeter, 90, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, in Richardson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with Dr. Max Browning of First United Methodist Church in Plainview, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Keeter was a lifelong resident of Amarillo. She taught in a country school in the Canyon area before her marriage in 1933 to J. Arthur Keeter, who founded the J.A. Keeter Candy Co. They worked together in the candy business for nearly 20 years. She later was a homemaker and substitute teacher in the Amarillo Independent School District. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1986; and by a son, James Milton Keeter, in 1952. Survivors include a son, Robert Keeter of Garland; two daughters, Genna Louise Mayberry of San Diego and Kathryn Thornton of Richardson; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 James Robert Stepp James Robert Stepp, 67, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. James Collins of Mount Zion Baptist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mr. Stepp was born in Charlottesville, Va. He served in the Army and was a truck driver. He married Rose Welch in 1972 at Carlsbad, N.M. He was preceded in death by two daughters, Patricia Welch and Rebecca Welch. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Faye Hutson of Amarillo, Greta Welch of Midland and Jasmine Stepp of Lubbock; four sons, Bubba Welch and Kenneth Welch, both of Anchorage, Alaska, Calvin Hicks of Carlsbad and Robert Stepp of Amarillo; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Felipe G. Ramirez Felipe G. Ramirez, 76, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St., with his son, Joe Ramirez, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Ramirez was born in Pleasanton and moved to Amarillo in 1951. He served in the Army. He drove a sanitation truck for the city of Amarillo for 20 years, retiring in 1974. He married Maxine Martinez in 1945 at Pleasanton. She died in 1983. He also was preceded in death by a son, Mike Gonzales, in 1970. Survivors include six daughters, Katy Gonzales of Chicago and Mary Sanchez, Louise Dunlap, Alice Palmer, Susie Mendez and Irene Ramirez, all of Amarillo; six sons, Calletano Ramirez of Ontario, Calif., Phillip Ramirez and Johnny Ramirez, both of Amarillo, Felix Ramirez of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Ernest Ramirez of Borger and Joe Ramirez of San Diego; two brothers, Joe Ramirez of Odessa and Eddie Ramirez of San Antonio; 36 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. The family will be at 733 N. Garfield. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Larue Gibson Larue Gibson, 76, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with the Rev. Dale Moreland, associate pastor of San Jacinto Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Gibson was born in Vega and had lived in Amarillo for 57 years. She was a homemaker and a member of San Jacinto Baptist Church and Baptist St. Anthony's Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Gibson, in 1989. Survivors include a daughter, Sherry Gibson of Amarillo; two sons, Robert A. Gibson and Dennis Gibson, both of Amarillo; 10 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. The family will be at 3305 Palmetto. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Canyon Irene Hicks Irene Hicks, 88, of Canyon, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Dreamland Cemetery with Donna Johnston, chaplain at Northwest Texas Hospital, officiating. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors. Miss Hicks was born in Randall County and was a lifetime resident of the county. She was a checker at Bellah's Grocery Store for many years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Murray Bible Class. Survivors include a sister, Agnes Boyer of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Woody Hicks of Amarillo and Glenn Hicks of Dothan, Ala.; and two sisters-inlaw, including her caregiver, Lucille Hicks of Canyon. The family suggests memorials be to Dreamland Cemetery, P.O. Box 38, Canyon, TX 79015. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 New Mexico E.C. Jenkins CLAYTON, N.M. - E.C. "Hi" Jenkins, 79, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Boyd, pastor, and the Rev. Billy Rammage, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral Directors. Mr. Jenkins was born in Clayton and was a longtime resident. He graduated from Clayton High School in 1939 and attended New Mexico State University at Las Cruces for two years. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps. After the war he worked with his father at Jenkins Hardware. He also worked at the billiard hall known as "The Office," where he was a noted snooker player. He and his wife later ranched in the Mount Dora and Seneca area. He married Ada Lu Kimble in 1942. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Barbara Wight of Stratford, Texas; two sons, Ron Jenkins of Los Lunas and Dr. Michael Jenkins of Clayton; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the American Diabetes Association, New Mexico Area, 525 San Pedro NE, Suite 101, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108; or to First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Fifth Ave., Clayton, N.M. 88415. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Thursday at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Oklahoma Jesse William Clark TEXHOMA, Okla. - Jesse William Clark, 90, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in James Church of God with the Rev. Donnie Callaway, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Texhoma Cemetery by Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home of Guymon. Mr. Clark was born in Flat, Mo. He moved to the Texhoma area in 1925 from Phelps County, Mo. He farmed and ranched until retiring in 1975. He was named Chapter Farmer by the Texhoma FFA in the 1960s and was honored as Outstanding Conservationist by the Texas County Conservation District in the early 1970s. He was a member of the James Church of God. He married Mary Jane Thrasher in 1935 at Syracuse, Kan. Survivors include his wife; and three sisters, Violet Clark, Reba Macormic and Wanda Bunch, all of Guymon. Amarillo Daily News, Sept. 27, 2000 Elsewhere Richard Meller HIGGINS - Richard Meller, 77, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2000, in Shattuck, Okla. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Christ Lutheran Church at Shattuck with the Rev. Gary McClellan officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery at Lipscomb by Mason Funeral Home of Shattuck. Mr. Meller was born near Follett. He graduated from Darrouzett High School in 1941. He farmed near Follett and later worked as a mechanic in Canadian. He moved in 1957 to Higgins, where he worked for Barton Motor Co. for 17 years. He also worked 15 years for John Deere Implement Co., retiring in 1989. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Lipscomb and later joined Christ Lutheran Church in Shattuck. He married Betty Jo Weeks in 1945 at Arnett, Okla. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert Meller of Wellington and Ray Meller of Hamlin, N.Y.; a daughter, Karen Crow of Holyrood, Kan.; a brother, Abe Meller of Enid, Okla.; two sisters, Lottie Koch of Lipscomb and Carrie Koch of Clifton, Colo.; and seven grandchildren.