Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 19 January 2002 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 Roxie May Hanks WHEELER - Roxie May Hanks, 88, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Moore of Wellington and Dr. Toby Henson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home. Mrs. Hanks was born Sept. 22, 1913, in Thomas, Okla., to James and Daisy Thomas. She married Bill Hanks on Jan. 18, 1931, in Elk City, Okla. She was a longtime resident of the Wheeler area until she moved to Amarillo in 1999. She was employed at the Koshare Shop in Wheeler for many years and Wheeler Library. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1979; and a son, Doyle Hanks in 1999. Survivors include five grandchildren, Darrell Hanks, Randy Hanks, Terry Hanks, Dave Hanks and Susan Ackley, all of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Carole Hanks of Amarillo; a brother, Milton Thomas of Nampa, Idaho; and nine great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Lenora Pogue Evans TULIA - Lenora Pogue Evans, 84, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Davenport, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery by Wallace Funeral Home. Mrs. Evans was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Joyce Green of Foreman, Ark., Jeanette Martin of Bastrop and Karen Martin of Tulia; a stepdaughter, Betty Vaughn of Lubbock; a stepson, Jerry Evans of Tulia; a brother, Merrell Hutto of Huntsville; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and nine step great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, 101 N. Crosby, Tulia, TX 79088. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Clara Lou Trolinder DUMAS - Clara Lou Trolinder, 63, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Hunt Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery with rites by Eastern Star Service Chapter No. 651. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors. Mrs. Trolinder was born Nov. 7, 1938, in New Eagle, Pa. She had lived in Dumas since February 1947. She married Lawrence Trolinder on Oct. 12, 1972, in Dumas. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 651 in Dumas. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; a sister, Connie Whitt and husband, Earl, of Amarillo; a son, John Paul Remlinger of Amarillo; and two granddaughters, Charlene Trolinder and Kara Trolinder, both of Dumas. The family suggests memorials be to Hunt Memorial United Methodist Church, Box 1432, Dumas, TX 79029. The family will be at 703 Floyd. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Alton Ronald "Ronnie" Witt PERRYTON - Alton Ronald "Ronnie" Witt, 65, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Greg Kennedy and the Rev. Marlon Sparks officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Witt was a Mason and a Khiva Shriner. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Sonja; three sons, Craig Holt and special friend, Susan Frame, of Booker, Jeff Holt and wife, Linda, of Richardson and James Witt and wife, Holly, of Euless; two daughters, Joni Cates and husband, Dan, of Austin and Shelly Burke and husband, Rick, of Follett; a brother, Danny Witt of Seneca, N.M.; his aunt, Fern Lemaster of Perryton; and five grandchildren, Brandi Burke, Mindi Burke, Rustin Burke, Erin Wiley and Austin Witt. The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX 79424; of Shriner Crippled Children Foundation. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 James Kerwin Baxter FLOYDADA - James Kerwin Baxter, 66, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Elton "Speck" Brian officiating. Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery by Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home. Mr. Baxter was born Oct. 13, 1935, in Floyd County, to Rena Mae and Cecil Baxter. He was married on Aug. 3, 1956, to Mary Helen Walton. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Richardson and American Chemical Society. Before his retirement in 1988, Kerwin, a chemist, was head of research and development with Thuron and Sandoz Industries in Dallas. He was a longtime resident of Richardson but now lived in Floydada. Survivors include his wife; his parents; two sons, Joe Roy Baxter and wife, Vicki, of Lubbock and Johnny Walton Baxter and wife, Gayla, of New Braunfels; a brother, Waldo Reece Baxter of Hereford; and three grandchildren, Jared Baxter, Travis Baxter and Samantha Baxter. The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX 79424 or Genealogy Library of the Floyd County Historical Museum, 105 E. Missouri, Floydada, TX 79235. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Amarillo Marjorie "Mimsey" Wimberly Douglas Marjorie "Mimsey" Wimberly Douglas, 89, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with Alan Williamson, chaplain of Ware Memorial Care Center, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Douglas moved to Amarillo 60 years ago from Tulia. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church. She was a graduate of West Texas State Teachers College and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She was preceded in death by a son, Townsend Wade Douglas in 1988 at Amarillo. Survivors include a daughter, Susie Douglas Bunch of Evergreen, Colo.; four grandchildren, J. McCartt and Brad Beutel, both of Austin, Collin McCartt of Amarillo and Trey Bunch of Dallas; four great-granddaughters; and a great-grandson. The family suggests memorials be to Colorado Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 681, LaJunta, CO 81050; or Faith City Mission, 402 E. Second Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Dennis Bolton Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Llano Cemetery with Dale Bigham, pastor of Arden Road Baptist Church, officiating. Military rites will be by the Army, Fort Hood. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St. Mr. Bolton was born in Dalhart and had lived in Amarillo most of his life. He served in the Navy during World War II and in the Army during the Korean War. He retired from the Army National Guard as a staff sergeant in 1988. After his retirement, he worked for Tascosa Heating and Air and for Owens Corning Fiberglass. He married Barbara McCarty in 1997 at Winnsboro, La. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Barbara Stanford of Weatherford and Deborah Hertel of Amarillo; two sons, James Bolton of Kansas City, Mo., and Ty Bolton of Amarillo; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Olivia's Angels in care of Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Lillian Adean King AUSTIN - Lillian Adean King, 81, formerly of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Amarillo. Arrangements are by Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Mrs. King was formerly a member of First Assembly of God Church for many years. She was a captain of the church prayer chain and a member of Amarillo AARP. She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis Austin King in 1986. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Porter and husband, Roger, of Round Rock; two grandchildren, Lauren Porter and Hayden Porter, both of Round Rock; two sisters, Marie Bewley and husband, Bill, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Doris Stagner and husband, Walter, of Santa Maria, Calif.; a sister-in-law, Irene Thomason of Amarillo; numerous nieces and nephews; and the wonderful church family she was blessed with. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Elsewhwere Lottie Henderson Clifton AUSTIN - Lottie Henderson Clifton, 92, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Irene Vehon and the Rev. William Vehon of Dallas officiating. Burial will be in the family's mausoleum room of Capital Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Clifton, "Dutch" to friends, "Mimi" to grandchildren, died peacefully at home with her family at her bedside at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. She was born May 23, 1909, to John W. Henderson and Mollie Waggoner Henderson in Knox City and was one of five children. Her father was the major stockholder and president of the local bank, but that afforded no privileges to his children. Her father believed in hard, honest work and expected his children to do the same. Like most children of cotton-growers, she worked long hours in the cotton fields after school. She graduated from Union Grove High School in Knox City, where she was on the basketball team, and attended Abilene Christian College. She married David Beryl Clifton of Tulia on Dec. 30, 1933, and they had one child born in 1946. Working together with her husband and his father, Dave Clifton, during the depression years, they owned the City Cafe in Tulia where a T-bone steak was priced at 25 cents and a hamburger could be had for a mere 5 cents. As World War II approached, she and her husband bought farm land in Tulia and began farming. They farmed until his death in 1980 at which time she moved to Austin to live with her daughter, Mollie Clifton Francis, son-in-law C.B. Francis and their three children. She was a petite lady proudly standing 4 feet 8 inches high and weighing 80 pounds at her heaviest. Though she was small in stature, her family and friends knew she had a heart as big as the state of Texas. To best describe Mimi, is to give her the best compliment that you can give any one. She was a kind and giving person, with a certain toughness that never was used in unkindness, only to be her own person within her own space. She was a wonderful cook and most at ease in her kitchen or working in her flower gardens. Her recipes were legendary and her donuts were recognized in a proclamation from the Mayor of Austin in 1982. She will be remembered as a wonderful asset to her family and most willing to help in the raising of her three grandchildren. She was their mentor, their personal chef, their chauffeur, and most importantly, their confidant. She helped shaped their growth so that they have become the fine and successful young adults they now are. Had she lived to be 100, as she wanted, Mimi would have exerted that same positive influence on her three great-grandchildren. She lived a long and truthful life. She was full of goodness and grace, but also mischief and mirth. She always told people exactly what she thought and was true to her beliefs. Those traits endeared her to friends and family. Her greatest fear was that she would outlive her ability to be a central part of her family; she needed family near and gave her all to that family and circle of friends. The entire family wishes to extend their heartfelt appreciation for exceptional care provided Mimi, far above what was ever expected, by her longtime friends and physicians: Dr. Grover Bynum of Capital Medical Clinic; Dr. Joseph Abell of Austin Orthopedic Clinic; and also wants to recognize Dr. Frank Pearce, retired. Nurse Karen Seidenberger was at her bedside on the morning of January 16 as Mimi quietly swept away. Karen held her hand and the hands of family as she provided support and love. Her tender touch and reassurance helped ease the loss for the family and she will be long remembered in their hearts. Another loving caregiver at bedside was Margaret Oliver. Gentle and compassionate care at home was provided by Angel Healthcare and their truly dedicated group of angels, especially Preya Edwards, Penny Carnes and their supervisor, Susan Dempsey. Pallbearers will be those whom she treasured in her life: David Siddall, grandson; Scott Gordon, grandson-in-law; Chappy Hulsey; Deen Braly; Marc Chase and David Conner. Honorary pallbearers, Merton Grayson; Irving Grayson; Emory Grayson and Wm. Kirk Hulsey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, David Beryl Clifton; mother, Mollie Henderson Walker of Alpine; father, John W. Henderson; brother, H.P. "Bill" Henderson of Knox City; sister, Bonnie Grayson of Childress and Thelma Crumpton of Grapevine; nephew Leslie Grayson of Childress. Survivors include a daughter, Mollie Clifton Francis and husband, C.B., of Austin; beloved grandchildren, David Phillip Siddall and his wife whom she loved, Regina, of Austin, Mollie Yvette Francis-Gordon and husband, Scott, of Austin, and Carole Michelle Francis of Austin; the great-grandchildren who put the sparkle in her eye, Kameron, Logan and Jakie Siddall, all of Austin; and survived by C.B. Francis' son, Mike Francis and his wife, Joyce, of Austin; She thought of her nieces and nephews as her own children and is survived by nieces, Merle Patterson of Childress, Helen McLarty of Garland and Frances Clark of Dallas; nephews, Merton O. Grayson of Amarillo, Irving Grayson of Childress, Emory Grayson and wife, Elaine, of Bella Vista, Ark., and Archie Crumpton of Arlington; she thought of her son-in-law's family as her own and loved each of them, Jerri and Burton Sears of Swoope, Va.; Dr. James Wynelle Francis of Dora, Ala.; Douglas Francis and Irene Vehon, both of Dallas,; Trudy Francis of Garland; and Joe and Angie Francis of Las Vegas. The family will be at 4004 Balcones Drive in Austin. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 19, 2002 Click here to return to story: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/011902/obi_allobits.shtml Services set for saddle shop co-owner Oliver Wilma Oliver, known in Amarillo as the longtime co-owner of Bill Oliver Saddle Shop, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. She was 87. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Murray Gossett officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Wilbarger Memorial Park Cemetery in Vernon. Arrangements are by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Mrs. Oliver was born in Bartlesville, Okla., and raised in Vernon where she graduated from Vernon High School. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Vernon. She married Bill Oliver on Oct. 31, 1933, in Altus, Okla. They moved to Amarillo in 1960 from Vernon. She and her husband owned and operated Bill Oliver Saddle Shop in Amarillo for many years. She continued to work in the saddle shop until the time of her death. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was a founding member of Working Ranch Cowboy Association. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1976. Survivors include a daughter, Janice Oliver of Amarillo; two sons, Richard Oliver and wife, Sharon, and Billy Oliver and wife, Donna, all of Amarillo; a brother, George Kneedler of Rowlett; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Presbyterian Childrenıs Home or Baptist St. Anthonyıs Hospice. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 18, 2002 Click here to return to story: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/011802/obi_saddleshop.shtml