Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 11 Aug 2001 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** All Obits - Text Only Area Alfred C. Oxley Jr. PAMPA - Alfred C. Oxley Jr., 47, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation has taken place. Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Oxley had been a resident of Pampa most of his life. He worked for WB Supply, Leonard Hudson, and was employed by the city of Pampa at the time of his death. Survivors include a daughter, Shannon Oxley of Pampa; his father, Alfred C. Oxley Sr. of Pampa; his mother, Emmaline Oxley of Pampa; two brothers, John Oxley and Kelley Oxley, both of Pampa; a sister, DeAnna Oxley of Dallas; and a granddaughter. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Robi Lou Mabery WELLINGTON - Robi Lou Mabery, 32, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, in Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in First Baptist Church. Officiants will be the Rev. Phil Mercado, of Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, and the Rev. Johnny Tims, pastor of First Baptist Church in Chickasha, Okla. Burial will be in North Fairview Cemetery by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington. Miss Mabery was born June 27, 1969, in Amarillo, to R.L. Mabery and Louise Cox Mabery. She attended Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo. She graduated from Wellington High School in 1987 and from McMurry University in 1994. While at McMurry she was in the band, The Chanters and a member of Gamma Sigma. Miss Mabery had taught school in Lakeview and Memphis. In 2000, she continued her education as a Christian counselor at Trinity Fellowship. She worked at the Action Realty Group. Survivors include seven cousins, Tony Cox and Jean Cudd, Kathy Allen of North Platte, Neb., Doris Rogers and Naomi Wilson, both of Amarillo, and Dee Blasingame and Wallace Blasingame; and two aunts, Alta Blasingame of Amarillo and Louise Cox of Wellington. The family suggests memorials be to the worship department of Trinity Fellowship Church. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Carl W. Creswell PERRYTON - Carl W. Creswell, 71, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Marlon Sparks officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton. Mr. Creswell was a member of Key Heights Baptist Church. He had worked for Mewbourne Oil for 15 years. Survivors include his wife, Josie Creswell of Perryton; three sons, Randy Creswell of Iowa Park, Rick Creswell of Spring and Brent Creswell of Perryton; two daughters, Carlo Jo Riggins of Lubbock and Teresa Brown of Perryton; a brother, L.B. "Pistol" Creswell of Memphis; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to Ochiltree General Hospice, 3101 Garrett Drive, Perryton, TX 79070. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Martha McComas PAMPA - Martha McComas, 81, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Todd Dyess, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. McComas married Bill McComas on Dec. 20, 1941, at Wichita, Kan. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband; a son, Mike McComas of Pampa; a daughter, Mary Jane Taintor of Memphis, Tenn.; a sister, Mildred Laird of Denver; and three grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Robert M. Baker PAMPA - Robert M. "Bob" Baker, 76, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Christian Church with the Rev. Barry Loving, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Baker was the official court reporter in Natchez, Miss., and for the 31st and 223rd District Courts. He moved to Pampa in 1950. Survivors include his wife, Peggy; two children, Terri Wilterding of Amarillo and Kelley Baker of Pampa; five stepchildren, Lisa Elliott and Bobby "Pete" Elliott, both of Kermit, JoBeth Shelley of Clarendon, Valorie Pfannenstiel of Houston and Dean Elliott of Pampa; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 J.B. Floyd PAMPA - J.B. Floyd, 62, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, in Roberts County. Memorial services may be scheduled at a later date. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Floyd was born March 21, 1939, in Arnett, Okla. He was a longtime cowboy and ranch hand in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Survivors include his mother, Eula Floyd of Pampa; a stepson, Mitchell Griffith of Amarillo; three brothers, Paul Floyd of Mineral Wells, Ardee Floyd of Godley and Roy Floyd of Pampa; and two step-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Edna Ritter DALHART - Edna Ritter, 92, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, in Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Hass Funeral Home Chapel with Kurtis Alba, youth director of Lincoln Street Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Ritter was born in Spiro, Okla., to Oscar and Edna (Baker) Johnson, on Sept. 26, 1908. She married Virgil Ritter on May 9, 1925, in Spiro. She was a member of the Lincoln Street Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Hue Ritter of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; four daughters, Helen Velez of Tucson, Ariz., Freda Keith of Sunray, Gail Rodriquez of Oklahoma City and Bonnie Sue Alba of Kilgore; a sister, Bobbie Johnson of Phoenix; a brother, Leon Johnson of Phoenix; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 David Nathan Bowers DALHART - David Nathan Bowers, 51, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral Home. Mr. Bowers was born June 26, 1950, in Oklahoma City, to Donald and Mary Pat (James) Bowers. David was raised in Dalhart and was a 1969 graduate of Dalhart High School. David was a self-employed carpenter and craftsman. He enjoyed making barn wood furniture. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald N. Bowers; and a brother, Michael J. Bowers. Survivors include his mother, Mary Pat Bowers; six brothers, Donald J. Bowers, Drew Bowers, Adam Bowers and Dick Bowers, all of Dalhart, Stack Bowers of Fort Worth and Cole Bowers of South Padre Island; three sisters, Karen Simpson, Mary Lynn Ellis and Trish Miller, all of Dalhart; four nieces, Emily, Kelly, Nicole and Hunter; six nephews, Barrett, Colton, Dalton, Chip, Jarret and Braxton; and three great-nephews, Brayden, Bryce and Brant. The family suggests memorials be to Dallam and Hartley County Benevolent Fund, P.O. Box 931, Dalhart, TX 79022. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Amarillo Gary Lynn Farrar Gary Lynn Farrar, 49, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, in Norman, Okla. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Memphis Funeral Home Chapel of Memphis with the Rev. Phillip Shelton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery of Memphis. Mr. Farrar was a graduate of Wellington High School. He was expecting a grandson in September. Survivors include a son, Kelly Don Farrar of Lubbock; a daughter, Kristi Farrar of Amarillo; his parents, J.D. and Ruby Farrar of Amarillo; a sister, Bonnie Gamble of Hamlin; and a granddaughter. The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Gabriel Michael Fitzpatrick Gabriel Michael Fitzpatrick, 25 days old, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Chapel of Memories, Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with Dr. Dana Moore, of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Ralph Fitzpatrick and Velva Vaught of Amarillo; grandparents, Karen and Jimmy Porter of Amarillo and Jim and Irene Fitzpatrick of Pendleton, Ore.; great-grandparents, Velvan and Otis Porter of Amarillo and Peggy Smith and Aaron Hayworth and Doug Hayworth, both of Milton Freewater, Ore.; four aunts, Leslie D. Porter of Amarillo, Barbara Artz of Colorado and Tonya Fitzpatrick and Pebbles Fitzpatrick, both of Oregon; and two uncles, Sean Porter of Amarillo and David Fitzpatrick of Oregon. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 New Mexico Carol Shook TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Carol Shook, 61, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, in Albuquerque. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Dunn Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Shook was born July 12, 1940, in Tremonton, Utah. She was a mother and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Don Shook; and a daughter, Skeater Doty of Gallup. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Oklahoma Virginia Ruth Hanvey MARIETTA, Okla. - Virginia Ruth "Ginger" Hanvey, 67, formerly of Keyes, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, in Amarillo. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in First Baptist Church at Keys with Harold Hook officiating. Burial will be in Marella Cemetery at Griggs by Cimarron Mortuary of Boise City. Mrs. Hanvey was born May 26, 1934, to Clifford and Thelma Pace at Carthage, Mo. She married W. Don Hanvey on Jan. 6, 1958, in Tulsa. Survivors include her husband; a son, Tim Hanvey of Keyes; a daughter, Riesa Ramos of Palmetto, Fla.; her mother, Thelma Pace of Carthage; two brothers, Tony Pace of Carthage and Jim Pace of Bradenton, Fla.; two sisters, Barbara Andrews of Cassville, Mo., and Gloria Crotts of Riverton, Kan.; and six grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation. Memorials will be accepted at the mortuary. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Elsewhere Janie Lynne Beatty SANDSTON, Va. - Janie Lynne Beatty, 92, formerly of Pampa, Texas, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, in Mechanicsville, Va. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery at Pampa, with the Rev. John Glover, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Mrs. Beatty had been a former longtime resident of Pampa. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Dr. Avron Steele of Sandston and John Milburn Steele of Cumberland; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Leonard Edward Steger FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Leonard Edward Steger, 73, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Johns Lutheran Church of Fayetteville with the Rev. Roger Schoolcraft, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Garden Cemetery by Nelson's Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Steger was preceded in death by his father Leonard E. Steger; his mother, Minna Nehring Steger Altsman; and a brother, Luther Steger. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Scottie Wood Steger; two daughters, Jo Anne Kiser and Deborah Lynn Steward, both of Fayetteville; a sister, Pearl Bloom of New Millport, Pa.; two brothers, Charles Wayne Steger of Pampa, Texas, and John Robert Steger of Moore, Okla.; two granddaughters, Kimberly Dawn Kiser and Natalie Lynn Kiser, both of Fayetteville; two grandsons, Cody Jo Stewart of Denver and Lee Allen Stewart of Fayetteville; three great-grandchildren, Brent Justin Byrd, Whitney Kristalyn Byrd and Zachery Thomas Plant, all of Fayetteville. The family suggests memorials be to St. Johns Lutheran Church; The Lutheran Hour; or The Lions Club Eye Bank. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 11, 2001 Click here to return to story: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/081101/obi_allobits.shtml