Potter Co. TX - Obits: July 14, 2007 ===================================================== Contributed by: Lola Withrow 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 - July 14, 2007 Amarillo Melva Marybeth Tamplen Melva Marybeth Tamplen, 54, of Amarillo died Thursday, July 12, 2007. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis with Charlie Cox officiating. Arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Marybeth was born Nov. 25, 1952, in Borger. She was born with Down syndrome. She lived in Abilene and Lubbock before moving to Amarillo. She lived at the Amarillo State Center before moving to Advo Companies in 1991. She loved dancing, spending time with her housemates and going to Special Friends Camp in Wellington, the Dumas Hoe Down and the Special Olympics. She touched the lives of many. She was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle and Oliver Alvis Tamplen. Survivors include two sisters, Mae Jeffers and Joyce Ham, both of Memphis; a brother, Oliver Alvis Tamplen of Elizabeth City, N.C.; numerous nieces and nephews; and her Advo family who loved her very much. The family suggests memorials be to Advo Companies, P.O. Box 51744, Amarillo, TX 79159. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area W.R. "Bill" Ritchie QUANAH - W.R. "Bill" Ritchie, 78, died Thursday, July 12, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with Johnny Horton of Quanah and Kent Rollins of Hollis, Okla., officiating. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park by Smith Funeral Home. Mr. Ritchie was born Feb. 9, 1929, in Quanah to Joseph Richard and Cora Mayfield Ritchie. He married Joyce Barnett on Aug. 10, 1954, in Quanah. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sandra Ritchie and Caroline Robinson, both of Quanah; a son, Billy Ray Ritchie of Quanah; a sister, Shirley Thornton of Quanah; and three brothers, Ray Ritchie of Quanah, Roy Ritchie of Lubbock and Jerry Ritchie of Shallowater. The family suggests memorials be to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016; or The Rathgeber Hospitality House, 1615 12th St., Wichita Falls, TX 76031. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Sylvia Lee "Sylva" Burgett TEXICO, N.M. - Sylvia Lee "Sylva" Burgett, 89, died Thursday, July 12, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in The Chapel with Ron Eggleton officiating. Burial will be in Grady Cemetery by Muffley Funeral Home. Mrs. Burgett was born June 10, 1918, to Clyde Jeremiah and Nellie Lorena Keeling Mullinax in Grady. She taught for 181/2 years in the Texico public school system. Survivors include two daughters, Patty Brady of Clovis and Cindy McDaniel of Texico; a son, John Burgett of Farmington; a sister, Joyce Deavors of Texico; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LeRoy Mayfield CLOVIS, N.M. - LeRoy Mayfield, 73, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in The Chapel with the Rev. Joe Callahan Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by Muffley Funeral Home. Mr. Mayfield was born Oct. 8, 1933, to Robert and Laura Drayton Mayfield in Grace, Miss. In 1953, he married Virginia Hall in Grace. Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Juanita Lozano of San Angelo, Texas, and Diana Mayfield, Sandra Mayfield and Vanessa Mayfield, all of Clovis; six sons, LeRoy Mayfield Jr., Ernest Mayfield, Glen Mayfield and Lavaughn Mayfield, all of Clovis, Arthur Mayfield of Lubbock, Texas, and Jerry Mayfield of Midland, Texas; a sister, Asibee Stenson of Clovis; 18 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Gertrude Charlotte Koch Hanshu SHATTUCK, Okla. - Gertrude Charlotte Koch Hanshu, 88, died Thursday, July 12, 2007. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Floyd Thiessen and the Rev. Lisa Beavers officiating. Burial will be in Shattuck Memorial Cemetery by Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Booker, Texas. Mrs. Hanshu was born Aug. 10, 1918, in Lipscomb to Jacob and Amelia Koch. She married Carl Hanshu on April 19, 1942, in Seguin, Texas. Survivors include her husband; a son, Clinton Hanshu of Shattuck; a daughter, Carla Bilderback of El Paso, Texas; a sister, Linda Wiederstein of Shattuck; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clayton Rdell Srygley TULSA, Okla. - Clayton Rdell Srygley, 83, died Friday, July 13, 2007, in Claremore. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Englewood Cemetery in Slaton, Texas. Arrangements are by Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Mr. Srygley was born Feb. 20, 1924, in Lakeview, Hall County, Texas, to Oscar Arvin and Ethel Wallace Srygley. He married Mary Wallen on July 23, 1966. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Beverly Wilke of Lubbock, Texas; and two stepsons, Rodney Wallen of El Paso, Texas, and Mark Wallen of Tulsa. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere Krystel Lee Osborne NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - Krystel Lee Osborne, 35, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Memorial services will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday in Church of the Savior in Nicholasville with Steve Pearson, minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Kerr Brothers Funeral Home of Lexington. Mrs. Osborne was born in Memphis, Texas, to Jean and Gaylord Aaron Stroup. Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Jean and Stephen Hood of Amarillo, Texas; her former husband, John Osborne, and their two children, Madaleine and Ethan Osborne, all of Nicholasville; a daughter, Piper Stroup of Clarendon, Texas; two sisters, Stacie Lillie of Nicholasville and Brandie Chambless and husband Bobby of Clarendon; three nieces; and two nephews. The family suggests memorials be to The Haven, 1308 S. Buchanan St., Amarillo, TX 79102. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Services Services Pending Norma Jane Cazzell, 82, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Amarillo, died Thursday, July 12, 2007. N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Jerry Dean Emerson, 37, of Amarillo died Thursday, July 12 2007. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Thomas Isaih Harbour, 32, of McLean died Friday, July 13, 2007. Bailey-Ware Funeral Home. James A. Palmer, 80, of Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Amarillo, died Friday, July 13, 2007. N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Services Scheduled Gerald Eugene Brooks, 56, of Panhandle died Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Panhandle Cemetery in Panhandle. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Panhandle. Richard D. Palmer, 91, of Amarillo died Thursday, July 12, 2007. Entombment will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Llano Mausoleum. Memorial servicex will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Park Place Towers Chapel. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Services Today Gene R. Allen, 73, of Hereford, formerly of Berryville, Ark. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Nelson Funeral Service Memorial Chapel in Berryville. Burial will be in Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery. Margarete D. Ceballos, 75, of Clovis, N.M. Rosary will be said at 10:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass of the Resurrection will be at 11 a.m. in the church. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories. Muffley Funeral Home. Joseph Byron Cross, 81, of Alamogordo, N.M. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. in Alamongordo Funeral Home. Jesusa "Susan" Enriquez, 66, of Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Gertrude Charlotte Koch Hanshu, 88, of Shattuck, Okla. Services will be at 2 p.m. in First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Shattuck Memorial Cemetery. Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Booker. Sue Hollingsworth, 78, of Hereford. Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. in Central Church of Christ. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Parkside Chapel Funeral Home of Hereford. Billy D. Reed, 50, of Fritch. Services will be at 2 p.m. in Word of Life Church. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Larry Travis Riley, 56, of Fritch. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. in Grace Fellowship Church. Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Elizabeth Jane Sides, 82, formerly of Amarillo. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Melva Marybeth Tamplen, 54, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis. Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive. Timea Yvvone Waddell, infant daughter of Timothy and Jackquline Price Waddell of Clovis, N.M. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in Mission Garden of Memories. Muffley Funeral Home. Don Whitley, 76, of Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum. Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. ---