Potter Co. TX - Obits: July 3, 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 Monday, July 3, 2006 Amarillo Marie Rutledge Casey Marie Rutledge Casey, 75, of Amarillo, formerly of Borger, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, in Borger. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum Chapel with the Rev. Bob Gill, pastor of Freewill Baptist Church, officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Casey moved to Borger in 1937 and graduated from Borger High School in 1948. She had lived in Amarillo for the last 45 years. Marie married Charles Casey on July 8, 1976, in Clovis, N.M. She retired from the dietary department at the Veterans Hospital in Amarillo. She attended Freewill Baptist Church in Amarillo and was a member of the Tri-State Bluegrass Association. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ora Mae Rutledge; a son, Sonny Simpkins; a granddaughter, Andrea Brandt; and a grandson, Staff Sgt. Tyler Simpkins. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Chuck Casey of Knoxville, Tenn., and Virgil Simpkins of Borger; a daughter, Celeste Reed of Fritch; a sister, Carolyn Hines of Borger; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Temera "Tammy" Kay Cowles Temera "Tammy" Kay Cowles, 45, of Amarillo, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa, died Thursday, June 29, 2006. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. today in Amarillo Fellowship Church with the Rev. Richard Brown II officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Madison. Arrangements are by King-Lynk Funeral Home of Fort Madison. Mrs. Cowles was born Sept. 14, 1960, in Fort Madison to Richard Brown and Lavirda Miller Brown. She married Neal R. Cowles on Feb. 17, 1979, in Fort Madison. Survivors include her husband; a son, Neal R. Cowles II of Little Elm; a daughter, Tara Gonzalez of Amarillo; a granddaughter; her father and stepmother, Richard and Wanda Brown of Lancaster; and five brothers, Richie Brown of Amarillo, Philip Brown of Cleburne, Neal Brown of Canyon, David Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Buren Turner of Montrose, Iowa. The family suggests memorials be to a memorial fund that has been established and may be sent in care of Neal R. Cowles, 6715 Emerald Court, Amarillo, TX 79124 or left at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Noah Christian Gonzales Noah Christian Gonzales, infant son of Jennifer Gonzales of Amarillo, died Friday, June 30, 2006. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Noah will be missed and loved by all. Survivors include his mother; three brothers, Gabriel Gonzales, Frankie Medina and Antony Medina; and his grandparents, Del and Rebecca. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Area Julia Mae Hurst Eason DUMAS - Julia Mae Hurst Eason, 80, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, in Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 4:45 p.m. today in Morrison Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Winfred Walker, staff minister of Morrison Funeral Directors, officiating. Burial was in Dumas Cemetery prior to the service. Mrs. Eason was born Oct. 23, 1925, in Jenks, Okla., to Walter Lafayette Hurst and Guthrie Mae Hurst. She had been a Dumas resident for the past 12 years. She was a former longtime Fritch resident. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Eason, and a brother, Walter Hurst. Survivors include three daughters, J. Melinda Stephenson and husband R.D. Stephenson, M.D. of Dumas, Susan Tiemann and husband Ron of Burnet and Jean Ella Truelock and husband Rusty of Garland; three brothers, Jim Hurst of Tulsa, Okla., Charlie Hurst of Houston and Harold Morgan of Fort Collins, Colo.; a sister, Maxine Lampkins of Wagoner, Okla.; seven grandchildren, Tracy, Allison, Meridith, Robert Ray, William, Travis and Jean Marie; and a great-grandchild, Gus. Honorary pallbearers will be R.D. Stephenson Jr., M.D., Ronald Tiemann, Rusty Truelock, Harold Morgan, Harold Hurst, William Tiemann, Robert Ray Hall, Gus Mast, Travis Tiemann, Eric Nelson and Ray Neal Caraway. The family will be at 103 Bailey in Dumas. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Oklahoma Rodney Cates BEAVER, OKLA. - Rodney Cates, 63, died Thursday, June 29, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Harvest Time Assembly of God Church in Perryton, Texas, with the Rev. Scott Barton officiating. Burial will be in Heart Cemetery in Booker, Texas, by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton. Mr. Cates was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Beaver County. He married Cheryl Kershman on May 4, 1984, in Beaver. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Matthew Cates of Norman, Billy Cates of Beaver and Theron Peterson of Protection, Kan.; a daughter, Shelia Lusk of Norman; a brother, Erwin Cates of Guymon; a sister, Rheta Hill of Dumas, Texas; and five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Harvest Time Assembly of God Church, 1800 S.W. 24th Ave., Perryton, TX 79070 or a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Elsewhere Aubrey D. "Coot" Talley LUBBOCK - Aubrey D. "Coot" Talley, 89, formerly of the Shep Community in South Taylor County, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Caps Baptist Church in Abilene with the Rev. Kenneth Jones officiating. Burial will be in Shep Cemetery in Shep by Winters Funeral Home of Winters. Mr. Talley was born April 8, 1917, in Shep to William Thomas Talley and Frances Day Talley, the 10th of 11 children. He attended the Shep Community School. He married Ava Allred on Dec. 23, 1939, in Taylor County. They lived in Amarillo from 1952 until 1973 when they returned to Taylor County. He was a retired farmer and plumber. He was an avid fisherman and sang tenor in the Happy Hearts Gospel Quartet. He was a member of the Shep Troubadours. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his wife on Dec. 16, 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Lynda Squires of Lubbock; a son, Glynn Talley and wife Carolyn Rudy of Barrington, N.H.; a sister, Eve Jolly of Abilene; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Vista Care Hospice, 1717 Norfolk Ave., Lubbock, TX 79416. The body will be available for viewing at the church today from noon until service time. Amarillo Globe-News, July 3, 2006 ======================================================================== Services Pending John W. Beach, 81, of Amarillo died Sunday, July 2, 2006. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Jeffrey Levi Bonner, 31, of Guymon, Okla., died Sunday, July 2, 2006. Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Maurine Raburn of Guymon, Okla. died Friday, June 30, 2006, in Englewood, Colo. Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Services Scheduled Raymond Bull, 77, of Amarillo died Saturday, July 1, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in South Georgia Baptist Church. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Russell Cemetery in Belleville, Ark. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Maria De La Luz Hernandez, 93, of Austin, formerly of Hereford, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Rix Funeral Directors Chapel in Hereford. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery. Geraldo Rodriquez, 58, of Amarillo, formerly of Brownfield, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. Rosary will be said at 1 p.m. today in Mark A. Jones Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel in Brownfield. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Brownfield Cemetery in Brownfield. Michael Romero, 43, of Sunray died Friday, June 30, 2006. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Stratford. Mass will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the church. Burial will be in Stratford Cemetery. Morrison Funeral Directors. Kathryn Smith, 82, of Amarillo died Friday, June 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road. Tommy Aland Wright, 46, formerly of Amarillo, died Friday, June 30, 2006. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Llano Cemetery. Rector Funeral Home Coulter Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St. Services Today Iva Inez Barefield, 93, of Quitaque. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery. Myers-Chancellor Funeral Home. Joie McManigal Brown, 92, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Happy Cemetery in Happy. Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon and Happy. Marie Rutledge Casey, 75, of Amarillo, formerly of Borger. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum Chapel. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum. Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Temera "Tammy" Kay Cowles, 45, of Amarillo, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. in Amarillo Fellowship Church. Burial will be at a later date in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Madison. King-Lynk Funeral Home of Fort Madison. Carl Duncan, 61, of Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Paramount Terrace Christian Church. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Julia Mae Hurst Eason, 80, of Dumas. Memorial services will be at 4:45 p.m. in Morrison Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel. Burial was in Dumas Cemetery prior to the service. Janean Ann Eidelmiller, 37, formerly of Amarillo, and her unborn son, Michael Quinton. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Plum Creek Fellowship. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Randy Gafford, 83, of Turkey. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First United Methodist Church. Burial be in Dreamland Cemetery. Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Tulia. Noah Christian Gonzales, infant son of Jennifer Gonzales of Amarillo. Services will be at 1 p.m. in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Velma Grace Henson, 90, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Marion Grace Hughes, 93, of Mesquite. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. in First United Methodist Church of Plainview. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. Lemons Funeral Home of Plainview. Janet M. Kester, 72, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Frances Marion Miller, 83, of Boise City, Okla. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Boise City Cemetery. Cimarron Mortuary. Myrtle Dee Roe, 74, of Pampa. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Fairview Cemetery. Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Burma Mae Small, 69, of Weatherford. Services will be at 1 p.m. in Lakeside Church of God in Fort Worth. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Weatherford. White's Funeral Home. Aubrey D. "Coot" Talley, 89, of Lubbock, formerly of the Shep Community in South Taylor County. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. in Caps Baptist Church in Abilene. Burial will be in Shep Cemetery. Winters Funeral Home of Winters. Maude Blanch Talley, 91, of Amarillo. Services will be at 4 p.m. in Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home Benton Chapel, 4180 Canyon Drive. Burial will be in Claude Cemetery in Claude. Alma Fern Conway West, 91, formerly of Spearman. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Hansford Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman. Vivian Ruth Yoakam, 84, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Llano Cemetery. Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St.