Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 21 May 2003 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 Virginia Norris Lyon LOCKNEY- Virginia Norris Lyon, 79, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, in Plainview. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Lockney Cemetery with Bob Glover, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home. Mrs. Lyon was born Nov. 30, 1923, in Lockney. She married Elvin Raymond Lyon on June 2, 1951, in Lockney. Survivors include a daughter, Carol Lyon of Lockney. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Mickala Miller PAMPA - Mickala Miller, 7, died Monday, May 19, 2003, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Briarwood Full Gospel Church with Nathan Bailey, minister of Wells Street Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mickala was born Sept. 14, 1995, in Pampa. She was a first-grader at Lamar Elementary School. Survivors include her parents, Misty Miller, Jeff Harris and Larry Regan, all of Pampa; her grandparents, Rory and Margaret Hill and Clay and Libby Miller, all of Pampa; her great-grandparents, Doris and Dan Puckett, Marquette Joiner and Nita Hill, all of Pampa; and her great-great-grandmothers, Clarine Hill and Bernice Hollers, both of Pampa. The family suggests memorials be to Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Mary Ortez DALHART - Mary Ortez, 66, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, in Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Lincoln Street Baptist Church with Rosendo de Los Santos, pastor of Iglesia Betel in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home. Mrs. Ortez was born March 31, 1937, in Rocky Ford, Colo. She married Santana Ortez in 1967. Survivors include her husband; her parents, Pete and Rosa Rojas of Dalhart; two sons, Joe Ortez of Dalhart and Rick Ortez of Amarillo; two daughters, Tanya Schardein and Sabrina Ortez, both of Amarillo; four brothers, Richard Mireles of Kansas City, Mo., Joe Mireles and Larry Rojas, both of Sunray, and Ross Rojas of Amarillo; three sisters, Dora Griego of Dalhart, and Petra Luera and Susan Kline, both of San Bernardino, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Amarillo J.D. Dunlap J.D. Dunlap, 78, of Amarillo died Monday, May 19, 2003. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Mr. Dunlap was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Floyd County, to James Andrew Dunlap and Fannie Love Dunlap. He had been a co-owner of Dunlap Nabors Garage in Plainview and most recently owned Dunlap's Marina at Lake Bridgeport. He was a member of the Assembly of God. He married Ollie VanHoose on May 21, 1942, in Bridgeport. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Peggy Faye Dunlap and Theresa Ann Rueb, both of Amarillo; two grandchildren; a step grandchild; three great-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Tamra Renee Longanecker Tamra Renee Longanecker, 25, of Amarillo died Monday, May 19, 2003. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jim Bankhead officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Mrs. Longanecker was born in Ashland, Ore., and resided in several states following her parents during their music ministry. She graduated from Berkner High School in Richardson and graduated from the University of North Texas, where she was on the track team as a pole-vaulter. She married Jameson Longanecker on July 24, 1999, in Dallas. She received her master's degree from West Texas A&M University. Tamra was a case worker on the ACT Team with Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation. She was also a very loving and caring wife, daughter, sister, cousin and granddaughter. She was a member of Paramount Terrace Christian Church. Survivors include her husband; her parents, Keith and Karin Wright of Garland; a brother, Michael Wright of Dallas; a sister, Shara Worden and husband, James, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her grandparents, Kenneth and Theda Wright of Garland and Eddie Davis of Coffeeville, Kan.; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ron and Raymona Longanecker of Amarillo; a brother-in-law, Travis Longanecker and wife, Kristi, and their children, Christian Cole Longanecker and Hattie Blake Longanecker, all of Perryton; a sister-in-law, Brooke Wilson and husband, Clinton, of Seattle; an uncle, Barry Wright and wife, Mary, of Phoenix; two aunts, Sharon Ryan and husband, Donald, of Tulsa, Okla., and Marian Wright of Atlanta; and many cousins. The family suggests memorials be to Christian August Longanecker Memorial Fund at St. Andrews, 1515 S. Georgia St., Amarillo, TX 79102; or Denton Bible Church Mission Work, 1910 E. University Drive, Denton, TX 76209. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 LeRoy M. "Roy" Hall LeRoy M. "Roy" Hall, 73, of Amarillo died Monday, May 19, 2003. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Chris Caldwell and the Rev. Don Lane officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Mr. Hall was born in Indianapolis on Aug. 24, 1929, to James and Eulalia Huntley Hall. Mr. Hall served four years in the Navy. He was a member of San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330. He also served as a union representative for the Local Union No. 544, retiring in 1985. Mr. Hall was a painter for many years in Amarillo. He had lived in Amarillo for 46 years. Mr. Hall was a longtime member of the Baptist Faith and he was a tender and gentle man who loved God, family and home. Survivors include his wife, Juanita; two sons, Gary Hall and wife, Debbie, of Amarillo and Gerald R. Hall of Pampa; a daughter, Cheryl King and husband, Larry, of Amarillo; his grandchildren, Trace Alexander of Dallas, Michael King of Amarillo, and Amber Hall and Nicholas Hall, both of Booker; several more precious grandchildren; a great-grandchild, Gracie of Dallas; and two sisters, Donna Gilbert of Joplin Mo., and Loretta Nave of Johnson, Tenn. The family suggests memorials be to City Church Children's Ministry, 205 Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79105. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Lou Ellen Wood Barnes Lou Ellen Wood Barnes, 89, of Amarillo died Monday, May 19, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St., with Carl Birdsong and Delbert Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes was born in Quail. She moved to Amarillo in 1952 from Wellington. She worked as a saleswoman for Avon for more than 40 years. She married Floyd Rudell Wood in 1931 in Hollis, Okla. She married William H. "Bill" Barnes in 1965 at Clovis, N.M. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Joyce Williams and Vicky Harris, both of Amarillo; two sons, Tommy Wood of Mesquite and Ronn Wood of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Olivia's Angels in care of BSA Hospice, 200 N.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79107. Sign our online guest book at www.rectorfuneralhome.com. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 Elsewhere Rosa S. Celaya MARATHON - Rosa S. Celaya, 89, died Monday, May 19, 2003, in Alpine. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the church with the Rev. Rick Ruiz officiating. Burial will be in Marathon Cemetery by Geeslin Funeral Home. Mrs. Celaya was born Aug. 30, 1913, in Boquillas. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic church. Survivors include four daughters, Petra Garcia of Marathon, Julie Sanchez and Damiana Lopez, both of Fort Stockton, and Delfina Diaz of Amarillo; eight sons, Donaciano Celaya, Locario Celaya and Valente Celaya, all of Marathon, Castulo Celaya of Fort Stockton, Juan Celaya of Maricopa, Ariz., Marcos Celaya of Casa Grande, Ariz., Carlos Celaya of Phoenix and Margarito Celaya of Big Bend; four sisters, Marcella Rodriguez of Fort Stockton, Nina Ornelas of Grandfalls, Catarina Campos of Pecos and Leonor Calderon of Odessa; two brothers, Manuel Santiago of Monahans and Jose Santiago of Grandfalls; 43 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 W.O. "Bill" Davis PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - W.O. "Bill" Davis died Monday, May 19, 2003. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas. Arrangements are by Wiefels and Son Funeral Directors. Mr. Davis was a native of Amarillo and a 1941 graduate of Amarillo High School. He was a Realtor and appraiser in Albuquerque, N.M., for many years. Survivors include a son, W. Cal Davis of Palm Springs. Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/052103/obi_allobitstext.shtml