Potter Co. TX - Obits: January 20, 2007 ============================================================== Thanks to 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 - Saturday, January 20, 2007 Amarillo Evelyn Layton Evelyn Layton, 57, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road, with the Rev. Michael Carter of Hillcrest Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Layton was born April 14, 1949, in McKeesport, Pa., to Charles Ursiny and Erda Reinehart Ursiny. She was married to Timothy Layton for 31 years and she was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Melanie Kinsey and husband Les and Lynsie Herbert and husband Bradley, all of Amarillo, Emily Weller and husband Paul of Pampa and Stephanie Layton of Dallas; five grandchildren, Echo, Nathan, Bryce, Brooklyn and Lea; her parents, Charles and Erda Ursiny of Coulter, Pa.; six sisters, Linda Robertson of Coulter, Joan Driscoll of St. Petersburg, Fla., Lisa Good and Grace Ventura, both of McKeesport, Colleen Jancic of Monongahela, Pa., and Nancy Reed of Pittsburgh; two brothers, Charles Ursiny of Richmond, Va., and Edward Ursiny of Belle Vernon, Pa.; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area James Burnice Boyd CHILDRESS - James Burnice Boyd, 87, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Childress Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Wood officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Boyd was born March 26, 1919, in Childress to Charles and Minnie Boyd. He was up to date on all current affairs and all kinds of business, and was honored as the "Unofficial Governor of Southwest Childress." Survivors include two nieces, Zanna Schaefer of Childress and Kay Dameron of Taos, N.M.; and three nephews, Don Earl Boyd and Jerry Boyd, both of Shallowater, and Brad Boyd of Vernon. Sign the online guest book at www.johnsonfunerals.net. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Bert Calvin "Cate" Guenzel REYDON, Okla. - Bert Calvin "Cate" Guenzel, 82, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Texola Baptist Church in Texola with Charlie Floyd officiating. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. in White Rose Cemetery in Reydon. Arrangements are by Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home of Erick. Mr. Guenzel was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Taylor, Texas. He married Jennie Ellison on Sept. 11, 1967, in Erick. Survivors include a sister, Jo Welch of Amarillo; a brother, R.C. Guenzel of Reydon; and two stepdaughters, Kay Taylor of Marlow and Jeanean Davis of Kingsland, Ga. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Antonia Anita Palacio CLOVIS, N.M. - Antonia "Anita" Palacio, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. today in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church by Frances Chavez. Mass will be at 10 a.m. today in the church with the Rev. Sotero Sena officiating. Burial will be in Logan Cemetery by Muffley Funeral Home. Mrs. Palacio was born Aug. 23, 1919, to Edwardo and Ignacia Sandoval Parras in Duran. She was employed as a motel housekeeper and was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Survivors include five sons, Bobby Armijo, Reynaldo Armijo and Manuel Armijo, all of Clovis, Henry Armijo of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Fernando Palacio of Albuquerque; and two daughters, Marcy Sweem of Tacoma, Wash., and Esther Valdez of Clovis. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 20, 2007 Services Services Pending Adolph P. Castillo Sr., 80, of Borger died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Guadalupe Gutierrez, 75, of Plainview died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Lemons Funeral Home. Martha McKee, 67, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Dynasti Nicole Rivers, 27 days, of Clovis, N.M., died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, in Denver. Muffley Funeral Home. Donald Ray Williams, 60, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Jones E. Witcher, M.D., 90, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Joyce Nell Woods, 79, of Borger died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, in Amarillo. Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Services Scheduled Sterling Randle Allsup, 85, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum. Rector Funeral Home Coulter Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St. Estel "Hack" Hackler, 83, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Southwest Church of Christ. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Childress Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Maria C. Lucio, 81, of Hereford died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Prayer vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday in Hereford Heritage Funeral Home Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday in San Jose Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery. Estal L. Stephens, 89, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memory Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Jewell "Mrs. Woody" Wilson, 83, of Amarillo, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Services Today Alva Leon Barbour, 96, of Borger. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Duncan Cemetery in Duncan, Okla. Brown Funeral Directors. James Burnice Boyd, 87, of Childress. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Childress Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home. Pearl I. Cass, 81, of Clovis, N.M. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Bethlehem Baptist Church. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories . Muffley Funeral Home. Ann Lutrede Elliott Herrick, 78, of Amarillo. Mass will be at 1:30 p.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Stanley "Stoney" Walter McKee, 88, of Clarendon. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Robertson Funeral Directors Chapel of Memories. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery. James Edward Jones, 59, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Antonia "Anita" Palacio, 87, of Clovis, N.M. Rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Mass will be at 10 a.m. in the church. Burial will be in Logan Cemetery. Muffley Funeral Home. Phillip Rasavong, 63, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Eastridge Baptist Church. Burial will be in Northlawn Cemetery in Dumas. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Selma Swenson Taylor, 91, of Amarillo, formerly of Jones County. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Bethel Lutheran Church in the Ericksdahl community of Jones County. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Tankersley Funeral Home of Stamford. Blas Martinez Tenorio, 90, of San Antonio. Mass will be at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Sunset Funeral Home. Barbara Higgins Wilde, 80, of Amarillo. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery in Hereford.