Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 14 Feb 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 Hazel Mae Richardson DUMAS - Hazel Mae Richardson, 77, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Northlawn Memorial Gardens with Gary Holm officiating. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors. Mrs. Richardson was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Geronimo, Okla. She was a Dumas resident since 1946. She was an entrepreneur in life. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Dumas. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She married Dr. O.J. Richardson on June 9, 1950, in Dumas. She was preceded in death by her husband in August 1987. Survivors include two daughters, Priscilla McFarlin and husband, Mike, of Bastrop and Jill Robinson and husband, Steve, of Dumas; two sisters, Phyllis Clark of San Angelo and Cynthia Pieratt of Dumas; a brother, Clyde Littlefield of Lawton, Okla.; six grandchildren, Michael, Andrea, Jennifer, Tyler, Eric and Stephanie; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second Ave., Dumas, TX 79029; or Safe Place, P.O. Box 317, Dumas, TX 79029. The family will be at 103 Greenway. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Ira Bud "PaPa" Yake STINNETT - Ira Bud "PaPa" Yake, 64, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Riverview Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor, and Bob Thomas, chaplain of Crown of Texas Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Stinnett Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mr. Yake was born Oct. 8, 1937, in Borger. He was a third-generation cattle rancher. Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son, Henry Yake of Dumas; three daughters, Faye Hooper, JoBeth Contreras and Melissa Russell, all of Borger; two brothers, Bill Yake and Cal "Runt" Yake, both of Stinnett; four sisters, Mary Gentry, Louise Sanders, Margie Lewis and Marsha Stout, all of Stinnett; and 10 grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101. The family will be at the Yake Ranch 15 miles southwest of Stinnett. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Ruby Dalton PAMPA - Ruby Dalton, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Arrington, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. Dalton had been a resident of Pampa since 1953. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Cecil W. "Spud"; a daughter, Dana Dalton of Amarillo; two sons, Gary Dalton and Greg Dalton, both of Pampa; two sisters, Peggy Cupp of Elk City, Okla., and Patsy Thomas of Broken Arrow, Okla.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, 203 N. West St., Pampa, TX 79065; or Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, 800 N. Sumner St., Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Winnie Mae Thompson Clark PAMPA - Winnie Mae Thompson Clark, 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Jim Powell, pastor of Hobart Baptist Church, officiating. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett. Mrs. Clark was a nurse's aide since 1965. She retired from Coronado Hospital as a nurse's assistant in the G.I. lab in 1987. Survivors include two daughters, Katha Howard of Stinnett and Genevieve "Tootie" Carter of Blue Field, Va.; a son, Richard "Butch" Thompson of Pensacola, Fla.; a sister, Lena Scott of Coleman; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association Panhandle Chapter, 2200 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Grace Shelton MATADOR - Grace Shelton, 92, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, in Lockney. Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Boggs, pastor, officiating. Burial was in East Mound Cemetery by Seigler Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn Garrison of Matador and Sue Lancaster of Breckenridge; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Michele Lynn Dawn Frazier DALHART - Michele Lynn Dawn Frazier, infant daughter of Tommy Joe Frazier II and Anissia Thompson, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery with Leon Laney, minister of Spiritual Life Center, officiating. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral Home. Survivors include her parents; a sister, Delana Rose Frazier of Belton, Mo.; and her grandparents, Norma and Tommy Thompson and Tommy and Bim Frazier, all of Dalhart. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Amarillo Norma Hoth Norma Hoth, 89, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Harris Funeral Home in Morrilton, Ark. Burial will be in Mallettown Cemetery in Mallettown, Ark. Local arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Survivors include a son, Forrest E. Clouette of Amarillo; two sisters, Gwyneth Ledbetter of Fayetteville, Ark., and Lorine Castleberry of Neosho, Mo.; two brothers, J.C. Mallett of Oklahoma City and Thurman Mallett of Conway, Ark.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Betty Jo Langham Betty Jo Langham, 92, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Central Church of Christ Chapel with Warlick Thomas and Bill Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mrs. Langham was born Oct. 28, 1909, on a farm near Jacksonville. She was the last of 10 children born to Albert and Mollie Walters. She grew up in Huntsville and attended Sam Houston State University. She married Fred N. Langham on Nov. 17, 1928, in Huntsville. They lived in Baytown until his retirement. Soon after, in 1965, they moved to Amarillo. She was an active member of Central Church of Christ and T.E.D. Women's club until the last few years of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband on Oct. 8, 1995; and her only child, Bobbye Glenn Thomas, on Aug. 9, 1986. Survivors include three grandchildren, Kerri Thomas of Guffey, Colo., Steve Thomas of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and Allan Thomas of Richardson; and four great-grandchildren, Katie Thomas, Jarrett Thomas and Austin Thomas, all of Trabuco Canyon, and Brock Thomas of Richardson. The family suggests memorials be to Good Samaritan of Upreach Funds at Central Church of Christ. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Silviana Herrera Silviana Herrera, 97, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St., with Hector Gallegos, deacon, officiating. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Monsignor Rex Nicholl officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Miss Herrera was born in Los Torres, N.M. She moved to Amarillo in 1968. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church for more than 30 years. She will be greatly missed. Survivors include her niece, Erlinda Maldonado of Amarillo; her nephew, Samuel Lucero of Amarillo; three grandnieces, Dolores Maldonado of Las Vegas, and Ramona Salgado and Maria Hernandez, both of Amarillo; and two grandnephews, Ben Trevino and Nathan Maldonado, both of Las Vegas. The body will not be available for viewing. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Bonnie Hare Bonnie Hare, 78, formerly of Amarillo died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, in Bedford. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Chuck Neal of Southeast Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Hare was born in 1923 at Little Rock, Ark., to Garland Williams and Grace Williams. She was a 60-year resident of Amarillo. Her life was lovingly given to the family she cherished and she will be remembered as the greatest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother in the world. Pallbearers include Sonny Muncy, John Stadler, Darrel Jones, Michael Muncy, Kevin Jones and Keith Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, O.J. Hare; and a granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Muncy. Survivors include four daughters, Beth Prickett of Austin, Ann Muncy of Bedford, Jenny Stadler of Trophy Club and Casey Jones of Amarillo; two sisters, Jimmy Ruttan and Sara Joe Anderson, both of Silver City, N.M.; a brother, Travis Columbus of Silver City; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Robert Paul Geraldizo Robert Paul Geraldizo, 28, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. Mr. Geraldizo was raised in Borger and had been an Amarillo resident for five years. He was a construction worker. Survivors include his mother, Vena Hooten of Amarillo; a son, Troy Justin of Borger; a brother, Thomas Geraldizo of American Canyon, Calif.; and a sister, Tiffany Geraldizo of Amarillo. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Frances Ogg Frances Ogg, 73, of Amarillo died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road, with the Rev. Susan Arnold of St. Matthew's United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Ogg worked at Pantex for 25 years. She married Teddie Ogg on June 30, 1948, in Amarillo. She was a Lutheran. She was preceded in death by a daughter Vickie Ogg. Survivors include her husband; a son, Ted Ogg of Amarillo; her mother, Oveta Cherryhomes of Amarillo; two sisters, Helen Knagle of Lubbock and Oveta Gilbert of Dallas; and a brother, Dale Cherryhomes of Amarillo. The family suggests memorials be to High Plains Food Bank, 815 Ross St., Amarillo, TX 79102. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Jaden Terin Harris Jaden Terin Harris, infant daughter of Darrell and Robbie Harris, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Rupert Brashears officiating. Arrangements are by Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes St. Jaden was born in Amarillo. Survivors include her parents of Amarillo; three brothers, Terrance Johnson, Darrell Harris Jr., and Travon Harris, all of Amarillo; and seven sisters, Lakenda Johnson, Brianna Harris, Davina Harris, Teshan Harris, Shakira Harris, Calista Harris and Kaden Harris, all of Amarillo. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Myra McCoy Myra McCoy, 53, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with Dr. Chester Beavers officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. McCoy was born Jan. 29, 1949, in New York City to John and Connie Schaeffer Varco. She moved to Amarillo in 1959 and was a 1967 graduate of Tascosa High School. She married Larry McCoy on Feb. 5, 1967, in Amarillo. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Connie Gates of Phoenix; and a brother, Richard Izquerito of Richmond, Va. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Canyon Mattie I. "Billie" Burkett Mattie I. "Billie" Burkett, 92, of Canyon died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, in Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church of Canyon with the Rev. David Lowrie officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery by Brooks Funeral Directors. Mrs. Burkett was born Feb. 7, 1910, in Moore County, Okla., to Frank and Francis Butler Neal. She married Charles Bart Burkett in 1928 at Panhandle. She was a member of Eastern Star Chapter No. 105 and First Baptist Church in Canyon. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1967. Survivors include two sons, Charles Burkett of Fort Morgan, Colo., and Ben Burkett of Spring Branch; two nieces, Pearl Cordell of Ozark, Ark., and Jody Powell of Panhandle; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, 1500 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106; or Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Oklahoma John Leslie Mitchell BEAVER, Okla. - John Leslie Mitchell, 87, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, in Midland, Texas. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church in Forgan with Wayne Moore officiating. Burial will be in Forgan Cemetery by Clark Funeral Service. Mr. Mitchell was a former resident of Forgan. He was a 58-year-member of Forgan Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Ednal "Tiny" of Midland; two sons, Leslie Mitchell of Oklahoma City and Jim Mitchell of Beaver, Okla.; a daughter, Teresa Mitchell of Midland; two brothers, Lenos Mitchell of Duncan and Cecil Mitchell of Forgan; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Elsewhere Janet Dull LUBBOCK - Janet Dull, 49, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa with the Rev. Kenneth Cartwright officiating. Arrangements are by Rix Funeral Directors. Mrs. Dull was born June 25, 1952, in Wewoka, Okla., and was a longtime resident of Lubbock. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Allen Dull. Survivors include a sister, Linda Hogue of White Deer; and a brother, David Dull of Pampa. The family suggests memorials be to Lubbock State School Parents Association, P.O. Box 5396, Lubbock, TX 79408. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Ovid Eiland Cox Jr. - Ovid Eiland Cox Jr., 83, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Seigler Funeral Home Chapel of Memories in Paducah with the Rev. Jeff Utter, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Paducah, officiating. Burial will follow in Paducah Garden of Memories. Mr. Cox was born Sept. 30, 1918, in Crawford to Ovid Eiland and Kate Holcomb Cox. He served during World War II in the Navy. Survivors include a son, Earl Bruce Cox of Valley View; two daughters, Margaret Sue Taylor of Childress and Judith Ann Sunday of Paducah; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Barbara Cook LUBBOCK - Barbara Cook, 41, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Tulia with the Rev. Don Robertson, pastor of College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia. Mrs. Cook married Paul Cook on Nov. 30, 1979, in Vigo Park. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, LaTonda Cook of Lubbock; four brothers, Darrell Scott of Lampasas, Don Scott of Amarillo, Larry Scott of Tulia and David Scott of Pea Ridge, Ark; and two sisters, Shirley Wheeler of Elkins, Ark., and Betty Patterson of Glendale, Ariz. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 Glenn J. Jelinek DENVER - Glenn J. Jelinek, 96, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Salida. Memorial services will be on Friday at Covenant Village in Broomfield. Arrangements are by Olinger Mortuary Wadsworth Chapel. Mr. Jelinek was born Feb. 10, 1906, in Crete, Neb. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nellie P. Jelinek; his second wife, Marian Jelinek; and a son, James Clifford Jelinek. Survivors include two sons, John Dawson Jelinek and wife, Sharon, of Amarillo and Jerry Alan Jelinek and wife, Mary, of Arvada, Colo.; a daughter-in-law, Virginia Jelinek of Sacramento, Calif.; many grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 New Mexico Ruth O'Neal CLOVIS, N.M. - Ruth O'Neal, 72, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Church of God in Christ with Bishop W. Charles Green officiating. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home. Mrs. O'Neal came to Clovis in 1957. She was a member of First Church of God in Christ. Survivors include two sons, Joe Cholders of Clovis and Willie Charles Collins of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter, Betty Jo Harris of Clovis; a sister, Annie Pearl Brown of Clovis; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/021402/obi_allobits.shtml Littlefield native dies at age 64 LUBBOCK - Waylon Jennings, a Littlefield native considered in music circles a West Texas native son, died Wednesday at his home in Arizona. He was 64. He long had battled diabetes and had a foot amputated in December 2001. Even then, Jennings announced he was being fitted with a prosthesis and planned to be back on stage, singing his songs, by springtime. Many in the industry believed him. He'd always played by his own rules. Instead, almost four months after he was inducted into the Country Music Association's Hall of Fame, Jennings left friends and fans with only memories and music. Jennings put together his first band at age 12 in Littlefield. By age 14, he was working as a deejay at KLLL-Radio in Lubbock - although Scott Harris, current manager of KLLL, said, "Waylon confided in me during an interview once that he got fired here for always being late." Larry Holley, the late Buddy Holly's brother, said Wednesday, "I guess what I remember most is when Buddy got desperate for some players - this was after Joe B. (Mauldin) and J.I. (Allison) conked out and went with Norman Petty - he went over to KLLL and gave Waylon a bass guitar. Waylon didn't even know how to play it. Then Buddy and Waylon and Tommy Alsup went on that last tour." That was the Winter Dance Party tour that found Holly dying in the crash of a private plane Feb. 3, 1959. Jennings told The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in 1979, "The real story is this: We (Holly, Jennings and Alsup) were going to fly out. J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) came over to me and asked for my seat. He weighed almost 300 pounds and had the flu and said he couldn't get enough rest on the bus. I said it was OK with me if it was OK with Buddy. "That was it. Then Ritchie Valens asked Tommy if he could go with J.P. and Tommy said OK." Jennings didn't learn about his good friend's death until the next day but continued to sing Holly's praises throughout his life. "Buddy was the first guy to have confidence in me," he said. Still, Jennings had his own style. Contacted Wednesday at his Dickson, Tenn., home, outside Nashville, singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis said, "Back in the late '70s, I'd listen to Waylon and I'd tell him that he had a really good rock 'n' roll band. He just put a steel guitar in there to make it country." Jennings moved to Nashville in 1965. His bass-driven sound, long black hair and all-black attire helped him earn a different reputation. His attitude also played a role. He didn't feel that performers should compete against one another and habitually refused to attend awards shows. Despite that, he won two Grammy Awards and four Country Music Association awards. He declined requests to sing on the Grand Ole Opry for a decade because full drum kits were forbidden. At one point, said Lubbock music producer Don Caldwell, Jennings went so far as to say, "The last one in Nashville, turn out the lights." But Jennings said in 1979, "I am no outlaw. That's just something the record companies dreamed up for publicity purposes. I'm Waylon Jennings. I'll play whatever I like, whatever fits. I played blues songs when I was feeling unhappy, and I also sang 'MacArthur Park.' I don't write all my own songs. I like to interpret songs. I'm a songwriter's fan." This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/021402/tex_nativedies.shtml