Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 5 August 2002 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. Amarillo Globe-News http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------ All Obits - Text Only Area Ida Lou Dickson PANHANDLE - Ida Lou Dickson, 78, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church of Panhandle with the Rev. David Edwards and Katheryn Boren, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. in Rowe Cemetery of Hedley by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors. Mrs. Dickson was born in Giles on May 10, 1924. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, J.M.; a son, John M. Dickson of Hedley; a daughter, Linda Phelan of Amarillo; two brothers, Robert Johnson of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and Charles Johnson of Laguna Hills, Calif.; a sister, Frances Harris of Quanah; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 Mildred Louise Dunn STINNETT - Mildred Louise Dunn, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Sunset Memorial Cemetery with Zeb Sailors officiating. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Dunn was a bookkeeper for the Borger News Herald and Borger Office Supply from 1945 to 1961. She was a Methodist. Survivors include two sons, Bill Shipley of Stinnett and David Joe Hearn of Cupertino, Calif.; a daughter, Sammy Shipley of Wheeler; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 Elsewhere Max Utt KENNEDALE - Max Utt, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery with Rex Shores, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Shattuck, Okla. Mr. Utt was born Jan. 5, 1928, in Bloomsburg, Pa., to Earl and Ruth (Kline) Utt. He was formerly a longtime resident of Amarillo. Survivors include his wife, Juanita; three children, Darrell Utt of Binghamton, N.Y., and Sharon Solomon and Duane Utt, both of Arlington; two brothers; two sisters; and four grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Dorcus Community Services Organization; or the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 Amarillo Oletha Little Oletha Little, 80, of Amarillo died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home, Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. David Veazey, of Amarillo Baptist Church, and Sherman Eastland, chaplain of Northwest Texas Hospital, officiating. Mrs. Little was a strong, faithful Christian for her Lord and a testimony to all who knew her. She cleaned homes for Joseph Pool and his family for many years. She was born in Jermyn on Feb. 22, 1922, to Charles and Blanche Wilton. She married J.D. Little in 1940. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1988. Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Ashford of Amarillo and Marquita Lenerose of Richardson; a son, Royce Little of Amarillo; four sisters, Oretha Wilton and Vernie Faye Crabtree, both of Dallas, and Charlene Jackson and Coleen Gary, both of Jacksboro; five brothers, Van Wilton of Mobile, Ala., Vester Wilton of Jacksboro, Eugene Wilton of Weatherford, Norvelle Wilton of Olney and C.J. Wilton of Arlington; and four grandchildren. The body will not be available for viewing. The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Baptist Church. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 D.L. Canada Sr. D.L. Canada Sr., 85, of Amarillo died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 Bell St., with the Rev. Gordon Cox, of Grace Baptist Church in Canyon, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mr. Canada was born Jan. 1, 1917, in Parnell to Frank and Martha Canada. He married Lorene Arnold in 1955 at Clovis, N.M. He was a member of the Childress Masonic Lodge. He was a maintenance technician for the railroad for many years and worked at Bell Helicopter for 12 years until retirement. He loved the Lord. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1992; and a grandson, Larry Burris, in 2001. Survivors include a daughter, Pat Burris of Mineral Wells; a son, D.L. Canada Jr. of Amarillo; two sisters, Mary Roberts of Quinlan and Idena McBroom of Canyon; two brothers, Gerald Canada of Clovis and Jessie Canada of Great Falls, Mont.; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 Oklahoma David Mentor Hutchison MEXHOMA, Okla. - David Mentor Hutchison, 92, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Mexhoma Church with Jimmy Reese officiating. Burial will be in Mexhoma Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary of Boise City. Mr. Hutchison was born Feb. 5, 1910, in Texas County near Hitchland, Texas. He served his country during World War II in the Army. Survivors include two sons, David Allen Hutchison of Dalhart, Texas, and Donald William Hutchison of Flagstaff, Ariz.; three brothers, LeRoy Hutchison and Lloyd William Hutchison, both of Edmond, and Russell Lee Hutchison of Pine Junction, Colo.; a sister, Irene Quesenbury of Meade, Kan.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Mexhoma Church Mission Fund or to the Cimarron Heritage Center in care of the mortuary. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 New Mexico Thomas Luther Gorley MELROSE, N.M. - Thomas Luther Gorley, 61, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002. Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. today in Cannon Air Force Base Chapel with Steven Brosk officiating. Burial will be in Melrose Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home. Mr. Gorley was born Dec. 17, 1940, in Price, Utah, the son of Doris Lucretia Glasscock Gorley and the late Francis Walter Gorley. He joined the Air Force in 1959 and served in Michigan, England, North Dakota, Thailand and New Mexico. Survivors include his wife, Marlene; four daughters, Jane Alford of Fort Mills, S.C., Jeanette Horry of Bosque Farms, Joanne Rink of Garden City, Kan., and Jennifer Gorley of Clovis; five sons, John Gorley of Eliasville, Joe Gorley of Newton, Kan., Jesse Gorley, Jerry Gorley and Jeffrey Gorley, all of Lubbock, Texas; his mother of Boise, Idaho; seven sisters, Mary Randall of Clarkston, Wash., Doris Telleria, Alice Triplett and Virginia Beall, all of Boise, Cora Holmes of Unalaska, Alaska, Kathy Shelton of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Mable Beatty of Spring Creek, Nev.; three brothers, Dave Gorley of Jordan Valley, Ore., Joe Gorley of Ione, Idaho, and Jim Gorley of Deatsville, Ala.; and 16 grandchildren. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to Holy Family Services Birth Center, Route 4, Box 257, Weslaco, TX 78596. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 Cordelia M. Chilton CLOVIS, N.M. - Cordelia M. Chilton, 94, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Steed-Todd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Roach, minister, and the Rev. Wayne Fuller, officiating. Burial will be in the Portales Cemetery of Portales. Mrs. Chilton was born April 6, 1908, in Lingleville. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Portales. Survivors include a son, Ralph Chilton of Stillwater, Okla.; a daughter, Jimmie Lou Winfrey of Clovis; three brothers, Arvin Rogers of Portales, F.D. Rogers of Clovis and Lynn Rogers of Riverside, Calif.; a sister, Dell Stroud of Carlsbad; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Baptist Children's Home. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 5, 2002 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/080502/obi_ob080502-10.shtml