Potter Co. TX - Obits: January 28, 2006 ============================================================= 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 Saturday, January 28, 2006 Amarillo Nathan Thomas "Lil' Nate" Little Nathan Thomas "Lil' Nate" Little, 14, of Amarillo died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Nathan was born Feb. 20, 1991, in Amarillo and lived here his entire life. He attended Westover Park Middle School. He loved music, video games and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his father, Tommy Little; great-grandfathers, Maurice Bumgarner and Jesse James; two aunts, Konna Kirby and Irene Crow; and a grandfather, Jerry Bumgarner. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Tammie and Don LaRue of Amarillo; a brother, Wayne Little of Amarillo; a half-brother, Rett Little of Amarillo; two sisters, Kira Little and Kendra Little, both of Amarillo; a brother-in- law, Brett Dunlap of Amarillo; two half-sisters, Scarlett Little of Amarillo and Brandy of Houston; three cousins, Glenn Kirkman, Cash Bumgarner and Justin Roberson; his Aunt Kelly; a grandfather, Travis Little; a grandmother, Judy Bumgarner of Amarillo; great-grandmothers, Earlean Gooding, Mickey Bumgarner and Sukie James, all of Amarillo; grandparents, Phyllis and James Stewart of Tyler; and his "Best Friends," Roger and Kenny. Rest in peace, "Lil' Nate," you will be greatly missed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorothy Martin Dorothy Martin, 78, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Washington Avenue Christian Church with Jimmy Reese officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Mrs. Martin was born Jan. 23, 1928, in Hedley, was raised there and was a 1945 graduate of Hedley High School. She was a resident of Amarillo since 1952. She married Tommy Dean Tate in 1946 in Hedley. He passed away in 1960. She married Bill Martin in 1964 in Claude. She worked for Coca-Cola in Amarillo for more than 10 years. She was a member of Washington Avenue Christian Church. Survivors include her husband, Bill Martin of Amarillo; a son, David Tate and wife Judy of Amarillo; a granddaughter, Jill Figures of Amarillo; a great- granddaughter, Lexi Figures of Amarillo; a sister, Mattie Laura Hill of Amarillo; and many nieces and nephews. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonnie Venita Weatherly Bonnie Venita Weatherly, 90, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Landrum Medlock, pastor of Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, and Bob Philley officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Weatherly was born July 17, 1915, in Byers to Claude and Maude Sharp. She was very loving and dedicated to all her family, and we would like to thank the many who loved and cared for her. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Tom Weatherly, in 1987; and a son, Johnnie Dale Weatherly, in 1944. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra Matlock and husband Bill and Linda Willhite and husband Martin, all of Amarillo; four sisters, Ruth Rogers, Martha Boyce and husband Cotton, Gaynell Grissom and husband H.D. and Claudette Sharp; three grandchildren, Mandy Evans and husband Lane of Mesquite, Chad Willhite and wife Lourdes of San Antonio and Matthew Matlock, serving in the Army in Afghanistan; two great-grandchildren, Haley and Spencer; and many nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Jan Werner Adult Day Care, 3108 S. Fillmore St., Amarillo, TX 79110 or Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, 316 Valley Ave., Amarillo, TX 79108. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area Earl Edward "Red" Bullick PAMPA - Earl Edward "Red" Bullick, 84, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. C. W. Parker, Odyssey Health Care chaplain, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Bullick was a custodian for the Pampa Independent School District for 16 years, retiring in 1983. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Marcia Ilene Bullick of Pampa; and two sisters, Betty Elliott and Jeanette Deanda, both of Pampa. The family suggests memorials be to Pampa Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 939, Pampa, TX 79066-0939 or the American Diabetes Association, Regional Offices, 4425 W. Airport Freeway, Suite 130, Irving, TX 75062. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ada Lee Richardson DALHART - Ada Lee Richardson, 92, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Dalhart Church of Christ with Dean Whaley, minister, officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home. Ada Lee Richardson was born Dec. 23, 1913, to Ernest and Doretta Hays in Azle. She married Vasel Richardson on Sept. 10, 1930, in Clovis, N.M. They moved to Dalhart in 1950; Vasel died in 1990. Survivors include a son, Jimmy C. and wife Mary Richardson of Dalhart; four daughters, Donna Hall and husband James of Fort Worth, Barbara Schaff and husband Morton of Plano, Joy Johnson of Dalhart and Kay Moore of Houston; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Austin Barrett of Kress; and two brothers, Harvey Hays of Plainview and Paul Hays of Kress. Sign the online guest book at horizonfuneral.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramona Armenta Sanchez PLAINVIEW - Ramona Armenta Sanchez, 83, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, in Lubbock. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Spanish Nazarene Church with Guadalupe Moreno officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery by Lemons Funeral Home. Mrs. Sanchez was born April 13, 1922, in Topeka, Kan., to Jovencio Armenta and Mariana Luna Armenta. She married Amado Sanchez on June 1, 1938, in Olton. Survivors include three sons, Amado Sanchez Jr. of Plainview, Ralph Sanchez and Daniel Sanchez, both of Muleshoe; a daughter, Marianna Murillo of Muleshoe; 11 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbie Lou Thompson PAMPA - Abbie Lou Thompson, 98, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Memory Gardens Mausoleum with the Rev. Bob Hudson, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. She was a nurse's aide at Highland General Hospital and Coronado Hospital for many years. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church and was a 50-year member of the Pampa Chapter No. 65 Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include a sister, Marie Miller of Hot Springs, Ark.; numerous nephews and nieces, including, Blake Laramore of Pampa, and Annis Patton of Canyon. The family suggests memorials be to Bible Baptist Church, 500 E. Kingsmill, Pampa, TX 79065. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Doitchin Doitchinoff CLAYTON, N.M. - Doitchin Doitchinoff, 85, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, in Raton. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kevin Phillips, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral Directors. Mr. Doitchinoff was born Nov. 9, 1920, in Van Houten to Boris Doitchinoff and Maria Allaela Doitchinoff. He was employed by the Clayton Police Department for about a year, served two terms as Sheriff and two terms as Deputy Sheriff in Union County. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Jacquelyn Neuharth of Clayton; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Clayton Memorial Cemetery, 1 Chestnut St., Clayton NM 88415 or New Mexico Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 5000, Boys Ranch, NM 87002. Sign the online guest book at www.hassfuneralhome.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Earl Dowe Looper ARDMORE, OKLA. - Earl Dowe Looper, 79, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Mary Catholic Church. Arrangements are by Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home. Mr. Looper was born Nov. 15, 1926, in Groom, Texas, to Joseph and Elizabeth Korstjens Looper. He married Phyllis Laverene Kuykendall on Oct. 6, 1948, in Pampa, Texas. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sanda Mooney of Grove and Debra Looper of Allen, Texas; two brothers, his twin, Lyrel Looper of Pampa and Jay Looper Jr. of Wynnewood; three grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlene G. Wilson GUYMON, OKLA. - Charlene G. Wilson, 68, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, in Beaver. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with Jim Parker, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery at a later date. Mrs. Wilson was born Oct. 1, 1937, in Las Animas, Colo. She married Gary Don Wilson on Dec. 21, 1957, in Raton, N.M. Survivors include six children, Joe Lee Wilson of San Antonio, Texas, Richard Charles Wilson of Oklahoma City, Darrell Gene Wilson of Coweta, Gary Don Wilson Jr. of Ottawa, Kan., Ronda Ann Wester of Enid and Denise Rene Martin of Beaver; 18 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Betty Roberts of Las Animas. The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society, in care of Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere Hazel Laverne Henry GILMER - Hazel Laverne Henry, 89, formerly of Little Mound Community and Amarillo, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Charles Johnson and the Rev. Dicky Mauk officiating. Burial will follow in Little Mound Cemetery. Hazel was born May 31, 1916, in Little Mound, formerly Old Calloway Community, in Western Upshur County to Thomas Franklin and Georgia Ann Langford, and was the last of 11 children born to Tom and Georgia. She was married to Cleo Clinton Henry in 1934. They moved to the Panhandle of Texas in the late 1940s and raised their two children in Amarillo, then retired to Little Mound. Hazel was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Amarillo and Little Mound Missionary Baptist Church. She worked in the Amarillo school system cafeterias; she was a "world-class" mother, cook and homemaker. She had an iron will and a steel constitution and was an example worthy of emulation. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Gracie Nell and Gene Minter of Little Mound; a son and daughter-in-law, Donald Bert and Paula Henry of Tyler; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 28, 2006 SERVICES SERVICES PENDING Paul P. "Ick" Fielding, 88, of Quail died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. Adams Funeral Home of Wellington. Elmer A. Kleman, 83, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. SERVICES SCHEDULED Earl Clinton Honaker, 67, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. SERVICES TODAY Dorothy Allison, 74 , of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Juanita Faye Beall, 69, of Dumas. Services will be at 10 a.m. in First Baptist Church. Eastern Star rites will be by Dumas Chapter No. 653 Order of the Eastern Star. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dalhart by Morrison Funeral Directors. Earl Edward "Red" Bullick, 84, of Pampa. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Ara "Doll" Collins, 91, of Clovis, N.M. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First Church of God in Christ. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home. Robert Lee "Bob" Gordy, 76, of Skellytown. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church in Pampa. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Edward Dean Hawbaker, 82, of Amarillo. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum Chapel with military rites provided by Fort Hood Army Base. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Leona E. Henry, 92, of Canyon. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Luvina "Kitty" Hill, 75, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in St. John Baptist Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Robert Edwin "Bob" Kerns, 68, formerly of Dumas. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. in First United Methodist Church in Dumas. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Dumas. Vickie Marie King, 43, of Quanah. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Quanah Church of Christ. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park by Smith Funeral Home. Nathan Thomas "Lil' Nate" Little, 14, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Dorothy Martin, 78, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Washington Avenue Christian Church. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Ida Mae McDaniel, 94, of Ennis, Texas. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Steed- Todd Funeral Home Chapel in Clovis, N.M. Burial will be in Texico Cemetery in Texico. Margaret Steele Miller, 76, of Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Ebony De Nitra Monroe, 24, of Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Johnson Chapel AME Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes St. Robert Ray Parks, 71, of Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Edna Lee Rannals, 83, of Borger. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Riverview Baptist Church. Burial will be in Stinnett Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Ada Lee Richardson, 92, of Dalhart. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Dalhart Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home. Ramona Armenta Sanchez, 83, of Plainview. Services will be at 2 p.m. in the Spanish Nazarene Church. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery by Lemons Funeral Home. Susie A. Smyer, 59, of Amarillo. Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Abbie Lou Thompson, 98, of Pampa. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael- Whatley Funeral Directors. Jose Vega, 93, of Plainview. Services will be at 1 p.m. in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Bonnie Venita Weatherly, 90, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery. ---