Potter Co. TX - Obits: August 2, 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 Wednesday, August 2, 2006 New Mexico Clifford George Wall CLOVIS, N.M. - Clifford George Wall, 74, died Sunday, July 30, 2006, in Ruidoso. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens with Steve Baldock officiating. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home. Mr. Wall was born April 14, 1932, to Clifford Owen and Irene Walraven Wall in Clovis. He married Martha J. Willis on Oct. 14, 1950, in Clovis. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Diana Rutherford and Nancy Jobe, both of Clovis, and Cara Smith of Sweeney, Texas; a sister, Glynda Shoff of Clearwater, Kan.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Amarillo L.A. McGraw L.A. McGraw, 80, of Amarillo died Monday, July 31, 2006. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with John Elser, chaplain of Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. McGraw graduated from Enloe High School in May 1944 in Cooper. He served in World War II from Aug. 19, 1944, until 1947 in the Pacific and the Philippines. Mr. McGraw married his sweetheart, Mary, on Feb. 1, 1947. He was a resident of Amarillo for 50 years, working 23 of those years for the city of Amarillo. The family of Mr. McGraw would like to show their appreciation to the doctors and nurses of the VA hospital for their kindness and care. They praise the VA for all they did for their loved one, especially the Home Care Connections. Survivors include his wife, Mary; four sisters, Irene Alexander of of Worland, Wyo., Adele Hartless of Long Branch, Ida Belle Keeling of Mount Enterprise and Francis Floyd of Henderson; self-adopted granddaughters, Robyn Smith of Greeley, Colo., and Shannon Slater of Panhandle; a niece, Janice Alexander of Amarillo; and several other nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Linda Sue Trantham Linda Sue Trantham, 63, of Amarillo died Monday, July 31, 2006. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Park Cemetery with Murray McKenzie officiating. Arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Linda was born Nov. 27, 1942, in Ardmore, Okla., to Harper and Lillie Jordan. She grew up in Ardmore and moved to Amarillo with her family in the late 1950s. She married Benjamin Reed in 1962 in Amarillo, and they had four children together. She later married Kenneth Trilk, who preceded her in death in 2001. She then married Richard Trantham in 2003. Linda loved her kids and grandkids. She loved to listen to Elvis and watch her Western movies, especially John Wayne. Survivors include her husband, Richard Trantham; a son, Benjamin Reed Jr. and wife Michelle of Amarillo; four daughters, Laura Reed, Cathy Furrh and husband Lowell, Diane Reed and Laura Reed, all of Amarillo; two stepchildren, Kenneth and Jim Trantham of Amarillo; a brother, Jim Jordan of Washington State; 21 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Children's Rehabilitation Center, 1250 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106, (806) 353-3596. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Richard Smith Richard Smith, 76, of Amarillo died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with Pat Clark, first reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in Amarillo and had lived here for more than 40 years. He was a man of many interests. He studied engineering at Texas Tech and was a Red Raider baseball fan. A favorite pastime was watching bridges and other projects being constructed with his nephews. Mr. Smith was an independent man who only had to depend on others during the last days of his illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Fernora Cumings Smith; and a brother, Donald Ray Smith. Survivors include two nephews, David Smith and Ron Smith, both of Amarillo; a great-nephew, Andrew Smith of Massachusetts; and a cousin, Edward Cumings of Fairfield Bay, Ark. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Karen Wilson Karen Wilson, 67, of Amarillo died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Kingswood United Methodist Church with the Rev. Buff Hearn, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Karen Wilson was born March 6, 1939, in Perryton. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and SOOB. She was a homemaker and a member of Kingswood United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Wilson; and her parents, Arthur and Martha Coots. Survivors include two sons, Gus Wilson and Jeff Wilson, both of Amarillo; a daughter, Laurie Grady and husband Michael; a brother, Gus Coots of Washington; and four grandchildren. The family will be receiving visitors from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Health Care, 6900 W. Interstate 40, Suite 150, Amarillo, TX 79106. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Elsewhere Gwen Rhea Green CARROLLTON - Gwen Rhea Green, 58, died Saturday, July 29, 2006. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home. Mrs. Green was born Gwendolyn Rhea Hyso on March 30, 1948, in Perryton. She married Harry Green in Dallas. Survivors include a daughter, Heather Rhea Green of Carrollton; her mother, Jessie Keller of Dalhart; three brothers, Tom Hyso of Albuquerque, N.M., Jim Hyso of Trinidad, Colo., and John Keller of Jackson, Miss.; and a sister, Fada Keller of Fort Worth. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Hazel L. Hartrick DEL RIO - Hazel L. Hartrick, 89, died Saturday, July 29, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Central Church of Christ with Larry Elford officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Oaks Cemetery by G.W. Cox Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Hartrick was born April 9, 1917, in Livingston, Tenn. She devoted her life to education for more than 70 years. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Amato of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Ruth Brown of McMinnville, Tenn., and Emma Uprichard of Del Rio; and five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Sunny Glen Children's Home, P.O. Box 1373, San Benito, TX 78586. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Area Charles "Charlie" Purvis DUMAS - Charles "Charlie" Purvis, 79, died Monday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Morrison Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Winfred Walker, staff minister, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery. Mr. Purvis was born April 23, 1927, in Arley to Henry Lee and Virginia Mae Purvis. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy, and had been a resident of Dumas since 1946. He was employed as a welder. In 1948, he married Nathalee Barley in Dumas, and she preceded him in death in 1971. Survivors include a son, Michael J. Purvis of Dumas; three daughters, Charlene Richardson of Marquez and Christie Carver-Fryer and Emily Purvis, both of Houston; a brother, Smiley Purvis of California; and five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second St., Dumas, TX 79029. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Sign the online guest book at www.morrisonfuneraldirectors.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Belinda Gail Francis SHAMROCK - Belinda Gail Francis, 38, died Friday, July 28, 2006, in Poteau, Okla. Graveside memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Shamrock Cemetery with the Rev. Jes Stafford, pastor of Eleventh Street Baptist Church in Shamrock, officiating. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Directors. Mrs. Francis lived in Poteau, where she was a physical therapist. She and her family had lived in Spearman before moving to Poteau. Survivors include her husband, Kip Francis; a daughter, Alicia Francis of Poteau; a son, Jarry Francis of Poteau; her parents Larry and Connie Franks of Canadian and Sydnie and Greg Anderson of Farmersville, La.; two brothers, Larry Franks of Farmersville and Joe Allen Franks of Canadian; and two sisters, Julia Bird of Guymon, Okla., and Tiffany Beach of Canadian. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Opal Marie Henson BORGER - Opal Marie Henson, 85, formerly of Ardmore, Okla., died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Watts Funeral Home in Madill, Okla. Burial will be in Willis Cemetery in Willis, Okla. Local arrangements are by Minton/Chawell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Henson was born Jan. 29, 1921, in Woodville, Okla., to Bill and Fannie Skiver. She and her husband, Boyd Henson, worked together for 30 years at Western Supply in Ardmore before retiring. Survivors include three sisters, Josie Phillips of Pampa and Nellie Sanders and Inez Petty, both of Borger. Sign the online guest book at www.mintonchatwell.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Juana Jaramillo DIMMITT - Juana Jaramillo, 66, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at a later date in Mexico. Local arrangements are by Colonial Funeral Home. Mrs. Jaramillo was born Sept. 30, 1939, in Balcones Durango, Mexico, to Alejandro and Matilde Moncivais. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Pablo Jaramillo; four sons, Heriberto Jaramillo of Fort Worth, Ramon Jaramillo of San Jose, Calif., and Rosendo Jaramillo and Jose Feliciano Jaramillo, both of Denver; five daughters, Alejandra Aguilar of Dimmitt and Margarita Gutierrez, Gregoria Candela, Maria Ester Reyes and Maria Elena Jaramillo, all of Denver; a brother, Perfecto Moncivais; 29 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== M.E. Bagwell Brunson CLAUDE - M.E. Bagwell Brunson, 88, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Claude Church of Christ with Kent Wilson, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Claude Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mrs. Brunson was born May 23, 1918, in Clarendon to Martha Frances James Bagwell and Carl Rosco Bagwell. She married Warner Brunson on May 14, 1939, in Groom. She was a member of the Le Temps Club and the American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization, where she served as secretary in 1984 and 1994. She had been a resident of Claude and Armstrong County most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Claude Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a grandson, Billy George. Survivors include her husband, Warner of Claude; a daughter, Marlene George and husband Phillip of Las Vegas; a sister, Melva Miller of Spokane, Wash.; a grandson, Phillip George II and wife Mychele of Amarillo; three great-grandchildren, Garrett George, Grace George and Gaige George, all of Amarillo; and many nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Claude EMS, Claude Volunteer Fire Department or a favorite charity. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today in Claude. Sign the online guest book at www.RobertsonFuneral.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Marguerite McGee HEREFORD - Marguerite McGee, 94, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in West Park Cemetery. Celebration of life services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Lamar Room of Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home with the Rev. Joe Shultz officiating. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Mrs. McGee was born May 5, 1912, in Tecumseh, Okla., the daughter of Edward and Belle Long. She married Taft McGee on Jan. 31, 1931, in Tecumseh. She was a homemaker, a member of the Progressive Home Demonstration Club and a member of the Progressive Home Demonstration Club Choir. She was preceded in death by her husband; eight brothers and sisters; and a grandchild. Survivors include three daughters, Joyce Lomas and Joan Hopper and husband Dave, all of Hereford, and Judy Renfroe and husband Bobby of Baton Rouge, La.; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Joe Andra Henderson PAMPA - Joe Andra Henderson, 64, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel with Butch Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Henderson was born Nov. 7, 1941, in Pampa. She married John Allen Henderson on March 6, 1970, in Pampa. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Raymie Rodgers of Paradise and Mark Allen Henderson of Pampa; a daughter, Terri Barrow of Borger; eight grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Margaret Louise Howard CHILDRESS - Margaret Louise Howard, 86, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Childress Church of Christ with Dr. Mike Henderson and Trey Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mrs. Howard was born Nov. 5, 1919, in Carey to John and Della Mae Gaither. She married Aubra Howard on July 23, 1938, in Childress. Survivors include three daughters, Ellie Mae Knabe of Clinton, Okla., Scherry Sisco of Fort Worth and Patricia Hernandez of Childress; three sisters, Della Faye Boling of Silverton, Nellie King of Amarillo and Norma Lou Webb of Plainview; a brother, Clarence Gaither of Lockhart; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== William Arnold McKinley WHEELER - William Arnold McKinley, 63, died Monday, July 31, 2006. Memorial services will be at a later date. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home. Mr. McKinley was born Oct. 6, 1942, in Monticello, Ill., to Homer and Martha Gill McKinley. He married Rosemarie Jackson on Oct. 20, 1976, in Coldwater, Kan. Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard McKinley of Wheeler; a daughter, Crystal McNeil of Wheeler; three brothers, Gary McKinley of Amarillo, Charlie McKinley of Muskogee, Okla., and Ken McKinley of Hooker, Okla.; two sisters, Margaret Deharpporte of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Damaris Davidson of Lawton, Okla; and five grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2006 ======================================================================== Services Pending Sally Fugate Nester, 92, of Canyon died Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Brooks Funeral Directors. Norene Blackburn Vincent, 91, of Amarillo died Monday, July 31, 2006. Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Services Scheduled Connie Ambers, 60, of Amarillo died Monday, July 31, 2006. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Hyacinth Church. Dennis Berna, 65, of Dumas died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Frank Cooper, 49, of Sunray died Friday, July 28, 2006. Graveside memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Lane Memorial Cemetery. Morrison Funeral Directors. Johnny Wayne Cravens, 61, formerly of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Forest Hill, 88, of Amarillo died Monday, July 31, 2006, in Wichita, Kan. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Dreamland Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Services Today Francisco "BIG DADDY" Garcia Arriaga, 55, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Veta Barlow Bowie, 56, of Claude. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. in Victory Family Church in Perryton. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd., in Amarillo. Faye Hatfield Burrier, 76, of Stinnett. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with Greg Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Stinnett Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger. Glenn Chamberlain, 48, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Evelyn Lorraine Downey, 87, of Borger. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. Opal DeHay Ely, 94, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel in Pampa. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa. Lessie Ann Essary, 65, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Llano Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Katherine G. Holland, 80, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. in Llano East Cemetery. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Tommy J. Jones, 77, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Helen Lewis, 84, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Erna Emma Fischer Remling, 90, of Guymon, Okla. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Hooker Cemetery. Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Louise Scarbrough, 90, of Spade. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Littlefield Memorial Park. Hammons Funeral Home.