Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 11 January 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 Stephen Lyle "Steve" Hamilton SPEARMAN - Stephen Lyle "Steve" Hamilton, 31, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Hansford Cemetery with Brent Thornton officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Hamilton was a 1989 graduate of Spearman High School. He was a partner in Hamilton Trucking in Spearman. He started Steve Hamilton Trucking in March 2002. Survivors include his father, Red Hamilton of Spearman; a brother, Van Hamilton of Spearman; a sister, Becky Stark and husband, Lance, of Amarillo; two nieces, Heather Hamilton and Tyler Hamilton, both of Lubbock; and a nephew, Sam Stark of Amarillo. The family suggests memorials be to Hansford Hospice, 707 S. Roland St., Spearman, TX 79081. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 Thelma Margaret Finson PAMPA - Thelma Margaret Finson, 92, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002, in McLean. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Michael Erickson, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. Finson had been a resident of Pampa since 1919. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. Survivors include a son, Jimmie D. Young of Livingston; a sister, Dortha Cheek of Duncan, Okla; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Zion Lutheran Church, 1200 Duncan St., Pampa, TX 79065; or BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner St., Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 Bernice Siemens FARWELL - Bernice Siemens, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, in Montezuma, Kan. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Church of God in Christ Mennonite with Jim Koehn, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Terrace Memorial Cemetery by Steed-Todd Funeral Home of Clovis, N.M. Mrs. Siemens was born June 8, 1915, in Pawnee Rock, Kan. She married Jesse Victor Siemens on Dec. 15, 1936. Survivors include a son, Vernon Siemens of Quartzsite, Ariz.; a daughter, LaVerna Koehn of Farwell; nine grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 I.W. Tinney PAMPA - I.W. Tinney, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. Services were at 11 a.m. Friday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with Dr. Randy White, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Tinney was born July 30, 1915, in Charlie. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1952, moving from Wellington. He married Ola Boyles on Sept. 22, 1932, in Hollis, Okla. He was a very prominent builder throughout the Panhandle for more than 40 years. He was very instrumental in the development of real estate in Pampa. He was past president of Panhandle Home Builders Association. He was a member of First Baptist Church and Everyman's Sunday school class. He was preceded in death by a brother, R.J. Tinney; and his wife on Dec. 9, 2002. Survivors include two sons, Bob Tinney and wife, Mary, of Odessa and Don Tinney and wife, Nedra, of Allen; a daughter, Wanda Sue Skulley of Pampa; a sister, Lorena Haskins of Port Lavaca; seven grandchildren, Rhonda Tinney of Redding, Calif., Stan Tinney and wife, Anita, and Kavin Tinney and wife, Irene, all of Odessa, David Tinney of Dallas, Mitchell Tinney and wife, Jennifer, of Garland, Gary Winton and wife, Sheila, of Pampa, and Stephen Winton and wife, Mindy, of Fort Worth; and several great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner St., Pampa, TX 79065. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 "Skeet" Word HEREFORD - "Skeet" Word, 69, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Gililland-Watson Funeral Directors Rose Chapel. Burial will be in Rest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Word was born Nov. 21, 1933, in Lockney. He married Betty Brannon on Jan. 6, 1956, in Clovis, N.M. Survivors include four daughters, Sue Straskulic, Paula Harrell and Pam Betts, all of Hereford, and Gwana Gail Word of Lubbock; four brothers, Carol Word, Jack Word, Thomas Word and Melvin Word; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 Georgie Foster FARWELL - Georgie Foster, 79, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, in Muleshoe. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Steed-Todd Funeral Home Chapel in Clovis, N.M., with the Rev. Randy Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Terrace Memorial Cemetery in Farwell. Mrs. Foster was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Meadow. She married Nelson Foster in 1943 in Clovis. Survivors include four sons, Gary Foster, D.H. Foster and Lyndon Foster, all of Farwell, and Gerald Foster of Amarillo; a daughter, Nedda Travis of Farwell; a sister, Mary Evelyn Pace of Clovis; a brother, James Terrell Pruit of Clovis; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 Amarillo Pearl Holt Pearl Holt, 96, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. Memorial services were Friday at the Continental Retirement Center. Burial will be in Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Worth by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mrs. Holt was born in Collin County on Aug. 15, 1906. She married Jack Holt in 1946. She worked for Leonard Brothers in Fort Worth. She was a resident of the Continental Retirement Center. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ church. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1986; and two stepdaughters, Lena Faye Smith and Margaret Preston. Survivors include a son, Jerry Holt and wife, Kimberly, of Amarillo; a granddaughter, Shannon Holt of Amarillo; four stepgrandsons, Don Smith of Edmond, Okla., Robert Smith of Drumright, Okla., Gary Preston of Odessa and Darrell Preston of Midland; nine step great-grandchildren; and two step great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 Esther Butler Esther Butler, 98, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery with Lyndon Latham officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Mrs. Butler was born Jan. 24, 1904, in Nashville, Ark., to William and Leona Brewer. She married Russie S. Butler on April 14, 1928, in Tulia. She was a lifelong member of Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband; four sisters, Odie Lane, Ethel Askew, Wanda Owen and Bernice Arnold; and a brother, James R. Brewer. Survivors include two sisters, Therma Farley of Turkey and Connie Townsend of Oxnard, Calif.; six nieces; and seven nephews. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 New Mexico Forest Weldon McCard CLOVIS, N.M. - Forest Weldon McCard, 71, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in The Chapel with the Rev. Dean Turvaville officiating. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home. Mr. McCard married Mary Ann Dubois on Sept. 14, 1962, in Great Falls, Mont. He loved to fish and play bingo. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Evelyn Lorraine Hancock and Theresa Ann McCard, both of Clovis; two brothers, Reginald McCard and Glen McCard, both of Macon, Ga.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Presbyterian Home Health Hospice. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 11, 2003 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/011103/obi_allobits.shtml