Potter Co. TX - Obits: August 13, 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 Sunday, August 13, 2006 Amarillo "Bevin" Brant Johnson "Bevin" Brant Johnson, 13, of Amarillo died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. Because of the large extended family and limited space, the family has requested a private service. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery East by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Bevin attended Crockett Middle School last year and would have entered Tascosa High School this year. He loved playing soccer and was a member of the Sharks soccer team. Bevin was a loving, intelligent, sensitive, creative, artistic, quick-witted and outgoing boy, and he will always be with us. Survivors include his parents, Bernard and Erika Johnson of Amarillo; his family, Steven and Vanessa, Cindy, Michelle and Ashley Davis, of Amarillo, Gin, Michael and Kyle Knoke and Leila Johnson of Westminster, Calif., Adi and Anthony Johnson and Alison and Joshua Miller of Amarillo, Davin, Christen and Monte Johnson of Amarillo, Lori, Michael, Julian and Sean Pope, Heidi, Robert and Robert Jr. Borden, Amy and Ian Salerno and Arrow, Zane, Sammy and Greta, Danny and Wendy Casino, all of Houston; and his grandparents, Barbara Rondeau of Holland, Mich., A.C. Collier of Wewoka, Okla., and Angelo and Tina Casino of Delaware, Ohio. A memorial fund has been established in the name of Bevin Johnson at Amarillo National Bank. The body will be available for viewing from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Joseph Magdy Ayad, Ph.D. Joseph Magdy Ayad, Ph.D., 80, of Amarillo died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with the Rev. Daniel Shaeffer officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Dr. Ayad was born in Cairo, Egypt. He was a clinical psychologist. Survivors include three sons, Merritt Ayad, Ph.D., and wife Janell of New Orleans, Victor Ayad of Austin and Michael Ayad, M.D., Ph.D., and wife Nancy of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter, Mona Malin and husband Marc of Santa Fe, N.M.; and four grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Stephen Koors Stephen Koors, 52, of Amarillo died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. Services will be held Friday in Most Trinity Holy Catholic Church in Phoenix. Military graveside rites will be in National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Local arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Mr. Koors was born Oct. 14, 1953, in Greensburg, Ind., and moved to Phoenix when he was a boy. He lived in Phoenix for most of his life until he moved to Amarillo in 2005. After graduating high school, he served in the U.S. Marines during Vietnam. He married Kathy Little in 1988 in Phoenix. She passed away in 2005. He worked for Honeywell Aviation for eight years before going to work as a heavy-equipment operator for a road construction company. He was a member of the Catholic Church. He was also preceded in death by his father, William B. Koors, in 2002. Survivors include a daughter, Riann Lopez of Casa Grande, Ariz.; his mother, Rosemary Martin of Amarillo; his stepmother, Eva Koors of Phoenix; three stepdaughters, Suzanne Whitthouse, Tracie Hughes and Amy Little; two sisters, Karen Koors of Amarillo and Colleen Lamar of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and eight grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Mary Rose Mathiasmeier Mary Rose Mathiasmeier, 74, of Amarillo died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Prayer services will be at 6 p.m. today in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Mass and celebration of life will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the church with Monsignor Joseph Tash officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Fort Madison, Iowa, where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved son, Robbie. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Ms. Mathiasmeier was born May 21, 1932, in Fort Madison, the daughter of Fred and Rose Werner. She had been a resident of Amarillo since 1974 and retired from Pantex in 1997. She was a volunteer caseworker for Catholic Family Services and a volunteer chaplain at BSA Hospital. She was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, where she was a Eucharistic minister and a Eucharistic adorer. She was also a member of Church Women United, St. Thomas Altar Guild and Social Concerns Committee. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was an inspiration and the foundation of her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Frederick and James; and son, Robbie Mathiasmeier. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Kay Moeller and husband Jim of Burlington, Iowa, and Sue Hudson and husband David of Amarillo; two sons, Mark Mathiasmeier and wife Terri of Overland Park, Kan., and Tom Mathiasmeier and wife Colette of Katy; a brother, Bob Werner and wife Wilma of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; 11 grandchildren, Matthew, Jimmy, Monica, Joshua, Brian, Meagan, Sara, Emma, Ben, Jacob and Luke; two great-grandchildren, Kaylin and Ethan; and several nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Catholic Family Services, 200 S. Tyler St., Amarillo, TX 79101 or the American Cancer Society, District Office, 3915 S. Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Bruce Wendell Noel Jr. Bruce Wendell Noel Jr., 48, of Amarillo died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in North Amarillo Church of Christ. Mr. Noel was born July 2, 1958, in Pampa. He worked as a licensed vocational nurse. Survivors include his wife, Brandy Noel; two daughters, Amber Noel and Dara Noel, both of Amarillo; his mother, Juanice Noel of Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Sherri Bott of Austin; and two brothers, Gary Noel and Todd Noel, both of Amarillo. The family suggests memorials be to Texas Panhandle MHMR, 1501 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101 or the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 50433, Amarillo, TX 79159. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Area Gladys Harp SUNRAY - Gladys Harp, 86, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Assembly of God with the Rev. Royce Matthews, pastor, officiating and the Rev. H.L. Stevens, retired First Assembly of God minister, and the Rev. Betty Matthews, wife of the pastor, assisting. Burial will be in Lane Memorial Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors. Mrs. Harp was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Kiowa, Okla., to Ollie and Cora Farmer Sarrels. She married P.L. Harp in 1937 in Durant, Okla. Her husband preceded her in death on June 18, 1981. She had lived in Sunray since 1948. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of First Assembly of God for 58 years. She loved to make quilts for her family and Assembly of God missionaries and taught Sunday school for 35 years. She was also preceded in death by a brother; two sisters; and two grandsons, Hadley Harp and David Monroe. Survivors include three daughters, Gladys Ann Kennedy and husband Ray of Durant and Ellen Teel and Janie Kirkpatrick, both of Sunray; two sons, Thomas Harp and wife Linda and Harry Harp and wife JoLynn, all of Sunray; a sister, Anna Lou Popejoy of North Highlands, Calif.; a sister-in-law, Faye Sarrels of Sacramento, Calif.; 25 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second, Dumas, TX 79029 or First Assembly of God Building Fund, P.O. Box 427, Sunray, TX 79086. Sign the online guest book at www.morrisonfuneraldirectors.com. The family will be at 821 Ave. P in Sunray. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Rachel Caldwell Anderson BORGER - Rachel Caldwell Anderson, 88, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Don Boren, pastor, the Rev. David Edwards of Albuquerque, N.M., and C.W. Parker, chaplain of Odyssey Health Care, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Anderson was born Sept. 26, 1917, in Tulia. She married John E. Anderson on Feb. 20, 1938, in Clovis, N.M. Survivors include a son, David Anderson of Borger; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Sign the online guest register at www.mintonchatwell.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Virginia Loyd HEREFORD - Virginia Loyd, 61, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, in Amarillo. Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Parkside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Sanders officiating. Burial will be in Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Loyd was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Ben Franklin to Preston and Gertrude Rhodes. She was a homemaker. Survivors include three sons, Rodney Loyd of Prescott, Ariz., and Mark Loyd and Mike Loyd, both of Amarillo; a daughter, Cara Mireles of Amarillo; and six grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Bill Blair UMBARGER - Bill Blair, 66, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., in Amarillo with Jerome Brockman officiating. Mr. Blair was born Aug. 26, 1939, in Loraine to Bennett B. Blair and Ruth Harriss Blair. He had worked at SIC, Barclay's Financial and City Federal Credit Union, where he retired as a loan officer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He married Wynona Yarbrough on Nov. 26, 1980, in Corpus Christi. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Shahala Snowden and husband Brian of Wylie and Stephanie Moriarty and husband Tom of San Angelo; a son, Bradley Blair and wife Angela of Snyder; two stepdaughters, Lisa Bremer and husband Stanley of Waller and Paige Nance and husband Paul of Spring; his mother, Ruth Richburg of Loraine; a brother, Richard Blair and wife Barbara of North Richland Hills; three brothers-in-law, David Yarbrough and wife Mary of Canyon, Darrell Yarbrough and wife Roxanne of Amarillo and Calvin Yarbrough and wife Kathy of Fredricksburg; two sisters-in-law, Ruby House of Hereford and Kim Swacina and husband Dwane of Lubbock; his father-in-law, Verdie Yarbrough of Elk City, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109, the American Kidney Fund or a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Ollie Durl Lankford CHILDRESS - Ollie Durl Lankford, 73, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Chad Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Lankford was born Nov. 17, 1932, in Olympus to Ollie and Edna Lankford. He married Charlene Smith on Aug. 30, 1952, in Childress. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Durlene Worthington and Brenda Lankford, both of Childress; two sisters, Stella Lankford and Earleni Elliott, both of Childress; a brother, Lynn Lankford of Childress; six grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters. The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society of Childress or Calvary Baptist Church. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== L.B. "Luke" Monden Jr. STINNETT - L.B. "Luke" Monden Jr., 62, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Stinnett First Baptist Church with Dr. James Berry, pastor of Southside Baptist Church in Borger, officiating. Burial will be in Stinnett Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mr. Monden was born Aug. 3, 1944, in Borger. He was a welder for Tri State Co. Survivors include his wife, Willie Lou; three sons, Schad Monden and Brian Monden, both of Borger, and Joe Griffin of Alvin; a daughter, Vicki Schievink of Dublin; four brothers, Gene Monden of Amarillo, and J.A. Monden, Bobby Monden and Richard Monden, all of Stinnett; four sisters, LaNell McCormick and Peggy Press, both of Stinnett, Linda Davis of Waco and Connie McDaniel of Hammond, La.; and 10 grandchildren. Sign the online guest register at WWW.MINTONCHATWELL.COM. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Jim Poole TEXLINE - Jim Poole, 67, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, in Bethesda, Md. Services will be at 3 p.m. CST today in the Texline school auditorium with the Rev. Bill Wade, pastor of Buchanan Street United Methodist Church in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Texline Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, N.M. Mr. Poole was born March 25, 1939, in Amarillo to Harry Poole and Mildred Hougen Poole. When Jim was in the third grade, the family moved to Texline, a town he always loved and was often heard to say, "If I didn't live in Texline, I would move there." His greatest pleasures in life were family, friends, farming, ranching and Poole Chemical Co. His very special family of employees at Poole Chemical allowed his work to be a pleasure. Jim's father, Harry, started the fertilizer business from his drug store, and in 1962, Jim started working with him. In 1975, Jim purchased the business and built the first plant in Texline. There are now eight plants in five states, which serve the Central United States. Jim felt very fortunate that he loved his avocation, which allowed him to grow a variety of crops from the San Louis Valley of Colorado to the Plains of South Texas. This balance of work, fertilizer and cultivation was a cycle of fulfillment and joy for him. Knowing Jim and sharing his life was one of God's special blessings. Our loss is truly Heaven's gain. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; and an infant sister, Lynda. Survivors include his wife, Karen; a son, Danny Poole and wife Angela of Texline; a daughter, Jayme Poole Rittenberry and husband Charlie of Amarillo; six grandchildren, Megan, Hannah, Hougen, Grace, Danni and Cash; two sisters Carole Triplett and husband Lloyd of Claude and Beverly Taylor and husband Lyn of Torrington, Wyo.; and an aunt, Eloise Beatty of Clayton. Sign the online guest register at www.hassfuneralhome.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Vernon R. Stuckey PAMPA - Vernon R. Stuckey, 99, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, in Kaufman. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery with Steve Porter, elder of Primitive Baptist Church of Paducah, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Stuckey was an active member of First United Methodist Church and VFW Post No. 1657. After his retirement as a barber, he mowed lawns until he turned 91. Survivors include a daughter, Pat Hall of Kaufman; a son, Schuyler Stuckey of Frisco; a brother, Bill Stuckey of Oregon City, Ore.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Pampa Senior Citizens Center, 500 W. Francis, Pampa, TX 79065 or First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1981, Pampa, TX 79066-1981. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Oklahoma Shirley Wilkerson ELDORADO, OKLA. - Shirley Wilkerson, 67, formerly of Quanah, Texas, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, in Altus. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Quanah with Tommy Elder, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park. Mrs. Wilkerson was born Sept. 25, 1938, in Hardeman County, Texas, to Algy Guy Elder and Lucille Brachwitz Elder. She was a licensed vocational nurse and former employee at Hardeman County Memorial Hospital and Quanah Parker Nursing Home. Survivors include two daughters, Becky Ray of Eldorado and Denise Florez of Stamford, Texas; two sons, Tony Wilkerson of Quanah and Aaron Reeves of Vernon, Texas; her mother of Quanah; a brother, John Wesley Elder of Quanah; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 ======================================================================== Elsewhere Truman Royce Stephen PHOENIX - Truman Royce Stephen, 72, formerly of Borger, Texas, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, in Peoria. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Brown Funeral Directors Chapel of the Fountains in Borger with Mike Evans, pastor of Timber Lakes Baptist Church in The Woodlands, Texas, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery in Borger. Mr. Stephen was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Hockley County, Texas. He married Joy LaTrice McWhorter on Oct. 22, 1952, in Edmonson, Texas. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Bob Stephen, Keith Stephen and Stacy Stephen, all of Phoenix; two sisters, Gloria Hampton of Stinnett, Texas, and Christene Dyer of Dallas; and three grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2006 Services Pending Owen Dale Ewing, 40, of Newkirk, Okla., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, in Dimmitt, Texas. Local arrangements are by Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt. Services Scheduled James Ray "Jim" Batchelor, 77, of Amarillo died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home Benton Chapel, 4180 Canyon Drive. Jean Williams Holcomb, 93, of Amarillo died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Celebration of life services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Harrington Assisted Living Center. Private family burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Services Today Lois Elaine Carlson, 60, of Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. in Living Way Fellowship. Additional services and burial will be in Badger, S.D. Local arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Warren Harold Davis, 77, of Sebastian, Fla. Full military honors will be at 2 p.m. in Strunk Funeral Home provided by the Sebastian River Area Veterans' Honor Guard. Jesse Espinosa, 45, of Amarillo. Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Leonard O. Freeze, 84, of Montgomery, Ala., formerly of Albuquerque, N.M. Services will be at 3 p.m. in Alabama Heritage Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Alabama Heritage Cemetery. Mary Rose Mathiasmeier, 74, of Amarillo. Prayer services will be at 6 p.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Mass and celebration of life will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the church. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Fort Madison, Iowa. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Jim Poole, 67, of Texline. Services will be at 3 p.m. CST in the Texline school auditorium. Burial will be in Texline Cemetery. Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, N.M. Leroy "J.R." Segura, 23, of Clovis, N.M. Rosary will be said at 6 p.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the church. Burial will be in Fort Sumner Cemetery. Muffley Funeral Home.