Potter Co. TX - Obits: December 01, 2005 ============================================================== Thanks to Amarillo Globe News: 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 ============================================================== Amarillo Globe-News Obituaries Thursday, December 1, 2005 Amarillo J D Hancock J D Hancock, 89, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. with Richard Dickerson, pastor of Bykota Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Hancock was born Dec. 31, 1915, in Pane Gap to Benjamin Hancock and Oma Mary Ryder. He married Lometa Eatherton on Jan. 6, 1942, in Kingsville. He was a truck driver and farmer. He was a veteran of the Army, serving in World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lometa Hancock; and a son, Johnny Ray Hancock. Survivors include a son, Jerry Dale Hancock and wife, Nancy, of Victoria; a daughter, Janice Cross and husband, Philip, of Amarillo; a brother, Ralph Hancock of Hondo; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 today at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David L. Isham David L. Isham, 83, of Amarillo died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. Graveside services were held Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Lynn Garrett of First Baptist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Mr. Isham was born in Colbert, Okla., and moved to Brice in 1927 and to Clarendon in 1932 where he graduated from high school in 1942 and moved to Amarillo. He joined the Army during World War II where he served in the Medical Corps. After the war, he worked as a surgical assistant with the surgery department of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He retired after 32 years. He married Floy Thomas in 1947. He was preceded is death by his wife in 1999; his twin brother, Donald Isham; a brother, Thomas Charles Isham; two sisters, Oneta Isham and Ruth Killaugh; a half-brother, Lowell Isham; and two half-sisters, Hazel Isham and Virgie Isham. Survivors include a brother, Ray K. Isham of Orlando, Fla.; and friends, Jo Holdridge of Stigler, Okla, Lola and Tom Fletcher of Hoyt, Okla., and Jean Ware of Amarillo. Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 30, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opal Jo Clay Mitchell Opal Jo Clay Mitchell, 80, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Central Church of Christ with Dan Bouchelle officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St. Mrs. Mitchell was born May 22, 1923, in Wheeler County to Virgil and Nettie Clay. She attended school in Kelton. She married Delbert Mitchell on June 13, 1943. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Gary Delbert Mitchell, two sisters and three brothers. Survivors include a daughter, Sherion McCoy; four brothers, Coy Clay, Chauncey Clay, V.C. Clay and Charles Harris; three sisters, Willie Warren, Wanda Jean Flemming and Elois Hall; five grandchildren, Gary Shane McCoy, Dianna Lee McCoy, Misty Dawn Sutton, L.V. "Lance" McCoy and Roman Gentry McCoy; 11 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 2200 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79109 or Continent of Great Cities Mission in care of Central Church of Christ, 1401 S. Monroe St., Amarillo, TX 79101. Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 30, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area Ruth Roberts Lewis CLARENDON - Ruth Roberts Lewis, 75, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Citizens Cemetery with the Rev. Bryan Knowles, Baptist ministers, officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors. Mrs. Lewis was born Jan. 2, 1930, in Quanah to W.T. and Lilla Roberts. She married Jack Lewis on June 7, 1949, in Clarendon. She was a bus driver for the Clarendon schools JA Route and a bookkeeper for the Texaco Dealership and Wayne Riggs Feed Store prior to her retirement. She was a member of First Christian Church in Clarendon. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and three sisters. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Steve Lewis and wife, Pam, of Amarillo and David Lewis and wife, Jackie, of Panhandle; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Sign the online guest book at www.robertsonfuneral.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katie Davis MATADOR - Katie Davis, 83, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Roaring Springs Cemetery by Seigler Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis was born Nov. 7, 1922, in Robertson County. Survivors include a son, Ronnie Davis of Matador; two sisters, Dorrace Josey of Mesquite and Billie Robertson of College Station; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellen Faye Magness FARWELL - Ellen Faye Magness, 80, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. No services will be held. Mrs. Magness was born Feb. 11, 1925, in San Saba to Earl and Vera Watkins. She was a longtime resident of Farwell and a member of the Farwell Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons, Skippy Magness of Farwell and James Magness of Fort Worth; a daughter, Pam Bonge of Austin; a sister, Beverly Lunsford of Farwell; a brother, Kenneth Watkins of Belen, N.M.; and three grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delois Preston CHILDRESS - Delois Preston, 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Central Christian Church in Childress with Roger Simmons officiating. Mrs. Preston married Howard Preston on Sept. 21, 1946, in Childress. She was a charter member of the Cancer Society, served for Meals on Wheels and was a member of the Central Christian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Phyllis Ann Preston of Childress; a son, Barry Preston of Dallas; a sister, Bettye Lee of Childress; and a grandson. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Lula Reynolds MEMPHIS - Ruby Lula Reynolds, 96, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005. Services will be today in First Baptist Church in Memphis with the Rev. O.K. Bowen officiating. Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Highland Cemetery in Anna by Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis. Mrs. Reynolds was born July 3, 1909, in Bonham to Lula and Alfred L. Springfield. She married Vincent Stanley Reynbolds on Oct. 8, 1928, in Dallas. Survivors include two daughters, Doris Anderson and Dorothy Grayson, both of Newton, Iowa; a son, Jim Reynolds of Fort Worth; nine grandchildren; 21 great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 726, Memphis, TX 79245. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Rogers FLOMOT - Howard Rogers, 85, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, in Lockney. Graveside rites will be at 10 a.m. today in Flomot Memorial Park with the Rev. Melvin Clinton of Turkey officiating. Arrangements are by Seigler Funeral Home of Matador Mr. Rogers was born Nov. 3, 1920, in Rogers, N.M., and was a lifelong resident of the Flomot area. He married Glena Roy "B" Davidson on Nov. 23, 1939, in Silverton. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ronnie Rogers of Lubbock and Donnie Ray Rogers of Flomot; a daughter, Donna Sue Degan of Calgary; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Flomot Cemetery Association. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doris Sanders SHAMROCK - Doris Sanders, 86, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe G. Jernigan, pastor of Calvary Christian Fellowship, officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors. Mrs. Sanders was born Feb. 12, 1919, in Haleyville, Ala., to Samuel Edward and Sarah Lee Anna Shaddix Mayfield. She married Ernest Sanders on June 27, 1943, in Shamrock. Survivors include two sons, Jerry Sanders of Shamrock and Johnnie Sanders of Loveland, Colo.; a sister, Odell Edris of California; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Dale Trosper CHILDRESS - Billy Dale Trosper, 69, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Norman Rushing officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Trosper was born on Nov. 10, 1936, in Childress. He married Carolyn Sue Richardson on Oct. 6, 1955, in Hollis, Okla. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Sue Trosper; three daughters, Vicki Goodwin, Pam Gambol and Kathy Lane, all of Childress; three sons, Mike Trosper and Keith Trosper, both of childress, and Kirk Trosper of Munday; his mother, Lois Trosper of Childress; two brothers, Jerome Trosper of Childress and Dean Trosper of Navarre, Fla.; his mother-in-law, Wana Richardson of Childress; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere Ronald Dewey Webber COLORADO CITY - Ronald Dewey Webber, 58, formerly of Panhandle, died Friday, Nov. 25. Mr. Webber was born on June 22, 1947, in Amarillo. He retired in 1991 from the U.S. Navy after serving 25 years as a Chief Petty Officer. Survivors include two sons, Ronan Joseph Webber of Tyler and Adam Christopher Webber of Modesto, Calif.; three step-children, Sherry Goddam, Terry Henry Jr. and Jason Henry; his step-father, Chester Webber of Panhandle; two brothers, Donald Webber and Kurt Webber; three sisters, Kathy Pepper, Ellen Neusch and Patty McKnight; two grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Lillie Imogene Houston CLOVIS N.M. - Lillie "Imogene" Houston, 76, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Muffley Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home in Clovis. Mrs. Houston was born on Dec. 20, 1928, to Daniel Boone and Lillie Rutherford Nation. She married Clyde Edward Houston on July 24, 1944 in Farwell, TX. Survivors include two sons, Ronny Houston and Rocky Houston, both of Clovis; a brother, Dale Nation of Clovis; four grandchildren; and seven great- grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- C.R. "Pete" Shields CLAYTON, N.M. - C.R. "Pete" Shields, 88, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Amistad United Methodist Church in Amistad. Burial will follow in Amistad Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors. Mr. Shields was born April 18, 1917, in Hayden to George Thomas Shields and Ida Jane Kilgore Shields. A lifelong resident and rancher in Union County, his greatest joy was spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include two sons, Sterlin Sheilds and Ervin Shields, both of Amistad; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Amistad United Methodist Church, Amistad, NM 88410. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alton M. Ward CLOVIS, N.M. - Alton M. Ward, 74, died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in The Chapel with Vaughn Gossman and Kenny Barnett officiating. Burial will follow in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by Muffley Funeral Home. Mr. Ward was born July 5, 1931, to David S. and Fanny Riley Ward in Portales. He married Betty Ann Cherry on Aug. 9, 1948, in Amarillo, Texas. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Judy Herring of Hereford, Texas, and Charyl Ward of Mustang, Okla.; two sons, Daryl Ward of Clovis and Kevin Ward of Hobbs; a daughter-in-law, Sandy Ward of San Diego; three sisters, Wanta Scott of Clovis, Hazel Longstreet of Arlington, Texas, and Mildred Holloway of Sherman, Texas; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Christian Children's Home, 1356 Highway 236, Portales, NM 88130. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, December 1, 2005 SERVICES SERVICES PENDING Robert Barnett, 92, of Lubbock died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Lemons Funeral Home. Frances M. Golden, 94, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Schooler- Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St. Johnnie Owens, 77, of Plainview died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. Bartley Funeral Home of Plainview. SERVICES SCHEDULED Carla Gale Webber, 42, of Amarillo died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rector Funeral Home Coulter Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St. Services Today Thelma Ballard, 91, of Del Rio died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Hughs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in Canadian. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery in Canadian. Esmeralda "Mana" Baltazar, 52, of Fort Sumner, N.M., died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, in Lubbock. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. in Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Our Lady of Guadalupe. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories in Clovis by Muffley Funeral Home. Don "Bink" Binkley, 81, of Borger died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, in Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in The Garden of Love at Westlawn Memorial Park. Edith Loraine Calhoun, 79, of Dumas died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Calvary Baptist Church of Dumas. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors. Robert "Bob" Christian, 68, of Amarillo died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. in Westview Christian Church. Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St. Noal Hayden "Red" Jones, 82, of Pampa died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005, in Wellington. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery with military rites courtesy of the U.S. Army at Fort Hood. Ruth Roberts Lewis, 75, of Clarendon died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Citizens Cemetery. Robertson Funeral Directors. Opal Jo Clay Mitchell, 80, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Central Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------