Potter Co. TX - Obits: March 19, 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 - March 19, 2007 Amarillo Ila Maurine Doherty Ila Maurine Doherty, 90, of Amarillo died Friday, March 16, 2007. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Llano Mausoleum Chapel with Dr. John Bridwell, minister emeritus of First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Ila Maurine Doherty was born Sept. 8, 1916, in Lipscomb. She was the youngest of three children born to Mary Ida Prater and Milton Baird Prater. Her only brother, Mike Prater and a sister, Naomi Dove O'Rear and her parents preceded her in death. Maurine was raised in Lipscomb before moving to Shattuck, Okla., where she graduated from high school. Amarillo became her permanent home after graduation. She married John Houston Doherty on Oct. 31, 1935. They celebrated 68 years together before his death in 2003. Their marriage was blessed with two sons, Raymond Eugene and David Dee, both of Amarillo. Before a lengthy illness, Maurine had been a member of the Congenial Couples Class of First Christian Church. Maurine's great joy in life was being a wife, a mother and a grandmother. She perfectly mirrored the woman described in Proverbs 31: 27-28, "She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; and her husband also, and he praises her." Verse 31: Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate." Survivors include Ray and wife Danny and David and wife Vickie; six grandchildren, Darla Gammons and Cyd Marusak and Katie Doherty, all of Amarillo, Lt. Col. John Dee Doherty of San Antonio, Dr. Amber Whittenburg of Round Rock and Dana Doherty of Dallas; and 10 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001 or a favorite charity. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Fredrick Thormann John Fredrick Thormann, 86, of Amarillo died Friday, March 16, 2007. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home Memorial Park in Colleyville. Mr. Thormann was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Orvie Thormann; a daughter, Gaylene Warren and husband Britt; a son, John Thormann and wife Tina; eight grandchildren, Gayla, Gennifer, Bradley J., Garon M., John J., Angelia, Tricia and Remington; and 12 great-grandchildren, Victoria, Marcos, Krissy, Harrison, Jayden, Kiera, Jasmine, Maddison, Brooklyn, Cash, Conner and Avery. Sign the online guest register at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries. Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eddy B. Witt Eddy B. Witt, 79, of Amarillo died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Amarillo Bible Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Mr. Witt was born July 1, 1927, in Wheeler to the late CB and Emma Lee Wood Witt. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was an elder at Amarillo Bible Church, on the board of directors at Faith City Ministries and served as vice president of the Gideons. Survivors include his wife, Angela Witt; a sister, Jo White and husband Paul; a daughter, Sue Gray and husband Tim; a granddaughter, Shasta Vantyle; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to Gideons International, P.O. Box 2304, Amarillo, TX 79105 or Faith City Ministries, 401 S.E. Second Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101. The family will receive visitors from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude Crawford Claude Crawford, 62, of Amarillo died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Mr. Crawford was born in Colorado. He moved to Amarillo in 1953. He worked for J. Lee Milligan, Bradford Trucking and most recently as a heavy equipment operator for Volcanic Stone. He was preceded in death by a son, Jackson Crawford; a sister, Eunice Daugherty; and a brother, Billy Crawford. Survivors include his mother, Greta Lewis of Amarillo; two sons, Dale Crawford of Amarillo and Bobby Charles Crawford of Dumas; a sister, Mildred Duke of Wellington; three brothers, Norman Crawford and Iman Crawford, both of Amarillo, and Mickey Crawford of Canyon; two granddaughters, Misty Crawford and Trista Crawford; and a grandson, Austin Crawford. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice of Amarillo. Sign the online guest register at www.rectorfuneralhome.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manuel F. Leon Manuel F. Leon, 86, of Amarillo died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Maxwell Harmon officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road. Mr. Leon was born on June 17, 1920, in Mexico. Survivors include three sons, Andres Leon and Manuel Leon, both of Amarillo, and Catalino Leon of Mexico; two daughters, Maria Leon of Amarillo and Gloria Leon of Chicago; 24 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and his mother, Gudelia Gonzales Salinas of Mexico. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Bessie Alice Spohn Newton BEAVER, Okla. - Bessie Alice Spohn Newton, 98, died Friday, March 16, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Beaver United Methodist Church with Bill Moore officiating. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery by Clark Funeral Service. Mrs. Newton was born May 5, 1908, in Beaver County to John Alva Spohn and Dee Addy Clark Spohn. She married William Meese Newton on June 16, 1934, in Osceola, Iowa. Survivors include her nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to the Jones and Plummer Museum in Beaver. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. James "Jim" Lear Jr. GUYMON, Okla. - A. James "Jim" Lear Jr., 76, died Friday, March 16, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Terry Neel, pastor, officiating. Military rites will be in Elmhurst Cemetery. Arrangements are by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors. Mr. Lear was born Nov. 2, 1930, in Wichita, Kan., to Archibald J. Lear and Thelma Cease Lear. He married Sharon Lyn Thompson Lear on July 24, 1960. Survivors include his wife; three sons, James Grady Lear of Perryton, Texas, and Wayne Scot Lear and Thomas Alan Lear, both of Oklahoma City; a sister, Mary Logsdon of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to First Christian Church, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area George A. Brown CHANNING - George A. Brown, 86, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Lubbock. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church in Dumas with the Rev. Beth Harrington, pastor of the church, officiating and the Rev. Jim Guest, pastor of Hunt and Middlewell United Methodist Churches, assisting. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery with flag detail by American Legion Post 224 of Dumas. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors. George Ansen Brown was born July 20, 1920, to Alice and Calvin Brown, a Moore County pioneer ranching family. His grandfather, W.H. Brown, homesteaded on four school sections, six miles east and three miles north of Four-Way, in 1890, which was two years before Moore County was established as a county in the state of Texas. George attended Sunray public schools from 1927 through 1933 and then finished his education at Dumas High School, graduating in 1939. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army in the Horse Cavalry. After a year in the cavalry, he transferred to the Re-Mount Division where he served for four years. George spent two years in Burma, India, packing horses and mules up the Burma Road to the infantry units. He was honorably discharged in March 1946. Upon returning home, George began his cattle and quarter horse business at the original homestead location. He served 30 years on the board of directors of the Golden Spread Quarter Horse Association and served as its president. Upon resigning from the board of directors, he was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership and honored by the organization for his years of service and dedication. He also served on the XIT Quarter Horse Board of Directors and served as its president. On May 30, 1947, he married Fay Childers, who preceded him in death on Sept. 2, 1992. In the mid-1950s, Martin Gossett asked George to supervise and direct the Brucellosis Program for Moore County, where he contacted the area ranches to draw blood and check every cow in the county for this disease. George was also asked to supervise and direct the Screw-Worm Eradication Program, which was a county, state and national program and expenditure. He contacted every rancher in the county for donations to assist in this program and eradication. George Brown was an approved American Quarter Horse Judge for 16 years. He judged shows from California to Florida and from Wisconsin to Arkansas. He was unable to continue his judging after falling 12 feet from one of his haystacks on the ranch, breaking his hip. George was always considered an impartial and fair judge by the participants, the horse owners and the show sponsors. In 1960, George was elected Moore County Commissioner, representing Precinct 3 and served on the Commissioners Court for 16 years. He also served as the interim county judge when needed. While serving on the Commissioners Court the four commissioners completely renovated the Moore County Courthouse, built the current community building and the new rodeo grounds and secured the right-of- way to Lake Meredith and Plum Creek. He was also responsible for building 34 miles of blacktop roads within Precinct 3, which had no blacktop roads before he began as commissioner. George served as a Moore County 4-H leader for 46 years. He served on the Moore County Fair Board for eight years, with two terms as president. He was recognized as Rancher of the Year by the Tri-State Fair in 2003 and received his Honorary FFA Lone Star Degree in 2005. George had been a member of First United Methodist Church in Dumas since 1937, by his own choice. He also attended Middlewell Community Church and Channing United Methodist Church while his wife, Fay Brown, was serving as pastor. Survivors include two daughters, Georgenia Anne VanTuyl and husband Ronald of Tulsa, Okla., and Janice Fay Pond and husband Kevin of Lubbock.; and four grandchildren, Moreland Brown Sherrod of Tulsa and Ansen Roy Pond, Kendra Louise Pond and Nathan Wilson Pond, all of Lubbock. The family suggests memorials be to Middlewell Methodist Church, 5895 Road W, Channing, TX 79018 or Texas 4-H Foundation, P.O. Box 11020, College Station, TX 77842. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Sign the online guest book at www.morrisonfuneraldirectors.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Anderson Imel PAMPA - Blake Anderson Imel, 3 months, died Friday, March 16, 2007. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Blake was born Dec. 7, 2006, in Amarillo. He lived in Pampa all his life. Survivors include his mother, Marci Imel of Pampa; his father, Jerrod Imel of Pampa; a brother, Tucker Imel of Pampa; a sister, Hailey Allen of Beaumont; his maternal grandparents, Dr. Bill and Carolyn Horne of Pampa; his paternal grandmother, Marilyn Steed of Pampa; and his aunts and uncles, Laura and Guy Green, and Jona and Dave Smith, all of Pampa, Laura-Marie and Todd Finley of McKinney and Tisha and Barry Peterson of Amarillo. The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church Children's Ministry, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, TX 79066-0621. Sign the online guest register at www.carmichael-whatley.com. The family will be at 400 W. Harvester in Pampa. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Constance "Connie" Weaver GRANBURY - Constance "Connie" Weaver, 82, died Friday, March 16, 2007, in Glen Rose. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Wiley Funeral Home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Connie was born Nov. 21, 1924, in International Falls, Minn., to Robert and Viola Della Bergin. She graduated from high school in Black Duck, Minn., and business school in San Francisco. She married Horace Oliver "Tex" Weaver, Sept. 8, 1945, in San Francisco. He passed away in 2002. She was a homemaker and secretary. Connie and Tex were longtime residents of Amarillo, where they were founders and charter members of Christ Lutheran Church. They moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1996 and carried with them many fond memories of friends and family. Survivors include her children, Leora Bell Reid, Shelley Deanne Weaver and Kelly Dianne Weaver, all of Stockton, Mo., Kathie Gail Schoepf and husband Victor of Granbury, Debbie Jean Crow of Amarillo and Scott Oliver Weaver and wife Rebecca of Gainesville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, James Bergin and wife Evelyn of Morgan Hill, Calif., and William Bergin of California; and a sister-in-law, Olie Bergin of Minnesota. The family suggests memorials be to the Alzheimer's Association. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Griffin BOOKER - Grace Griffin, 93, formerly of Booker, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, in Perryton. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Booker United Methodist Church with the Rev. Randy Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Heart Cemetery by Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Booker. Mrs. Griffin was born Nov. 14, 1913, in Beaver County, Okla., to Ottis and Anna Rutledge. She married Onnie Griffin on Oct. 22, 1932, in Beaver, Okla. Survivors include a son, Ray Griffin of Perryton; a daughter, Phyllis Pitts of El Dorado, Kan.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a great- great-grandchild. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERVICES Services Pending Ryan Hill, 23, of Amarillo died Friday, March 16, 2007. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Candelario Martinez, 76, of Plainview died Sunday, March 18, 2007, in Amarillo. Bartley Funeral Home. Maria Rosalinda Salinas, 64, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 18, 2007. Angel Funeral Home, 2209 S. Arthur St. Services Scheduled Essie Edith Ball, 90, of Dumas died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Northlawn Memorial Gardens. Morrison Funeral Directors. James Johnson, 74 of Amarillo died Thursday, March 15, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in The Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Jewel F. Moore, 88, of Amarillo died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Raymond Fay Savage, 86, of Perryton died Saturday, March 17, 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Community Worship Center. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Evelyn Thomasson, 70, of Hereford died Friday, March 16, 2007. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Parkside Chapel Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery. Services Today Arlyne Ashley, 89, of Earth. Services will be at 11 a.m. in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel in Muleshoe. Burial will be in Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery. Kenneth Ray Austin, 58, of Dalhart. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. Horizon Funeral Home. Manuelita "Mela" DeAtocha Barela, 77, of Clovis, N.M. Mass will be at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Guadalupe. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories. Muffley Funeral Home. Lt. Lee Roy "Chapy" Chapman Jr., 62, of Canyon. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Elmwood Cemetery in Abilene. Mary Cottom, 84, of Abilene. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Adam "Big Daddy" De La Rosa, 39, of Tulia. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Clarice "Kitty" Finney, 85, of Amarillo. Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Private graveside services will be in Llano Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. A.G. Flippin, 88, of Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. John Joe Gibson, 79, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Washington Avenue Christian Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Bertha Frances Harred, 92, of Claude. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. in Claude Cemetery. Lunn?s Colonial Funeral Home of Wichita Falls. Robbie Hartman, 79, of Amarillo. Services will be at noon in Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Floye E. Hunnicutt, 87, of Sunray. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Sunray Church of Christ. Burial will be in Lane Memorial Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers of Dumas. Jenna McCarty, 99, of Arlington. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. in Keystone Cemetery. Arlington Funeral Home. Leon Perrin, 73, of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Comanche Trail Church of Christ. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Barbara L. Philpott, 71, of Miami. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Carmichael- Whatley Funeral Directors Colonial Chapel in Pampa. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery. Theodore A. "Ted" Serrurier, 88, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Frances Trent Smith, 63, of Childress. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Central Christian Church. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home. Jerry Lynn Sparks, 65, of Amarillo. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Viola Sidney White, 83, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Southwest Church of Christ. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Sammie A. Wibbing, 83, of Dumas. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Morrison Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery. Morrison Funeral Directors.