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Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Herbert W. Bankhead
Mar 14, 2009
Mr. Bankhead was born on May 12, 1930 to R.O. and Arizona Bankhead. He graduated from Valley Mills High School in 1947. He married Jean Schrader on May 21, 1949 in Valley Mills. They moved to Amarillo in 1968 from Borger. He worked for Canyon Drive Lumber for over 25 year. He worked until 2008. He had a passion for...
Marjorie Stapleton
Mar 14, 2009
Marjorie was born July 29, 1928, in Hutchinson, Kansas to ail and Ella Lawrence. She was raised in Gove County, KS. She married Orbie C. Stapleton on September 8, 1947. She worked as a seamstress for the State of Kansas for twenty years. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting and tatting and she and her husband were active in Shriners, Grange and...
Lowell Dean Seibert
Mar 14, 2009
Dutch was born Jan. 27, 1929, in Great Bend, Kan., to Grant and Minnie Unruh Seibert, the first of five children. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1947 and went to work as a roughneck for Halliburton. Dutch and Wanda McCarter were married in 1950. Dutch's working years involved traveling nationally and internationally in petroleum-related industry sales. During...
Donald L. Maxwell
Mar 13, 2009
Mr. Maxwell was born March 22, 1926 to J. W. and Annie Laura Maxwell in Pittsburgh, Oklahoma. Don was in the services by the time he was 19 years old and served on the front lines of Okinawa when he was wounded and received a purple heart. He was a retired car hauler and a member of local union 577....
Edward Kenneth Dietrich
Mar 13, 2009
Mr. Dietrich was born September 26, 1930 in Ogallalla, Nebraska, to Merle A. and Elsie Dietrich. He entered into the U.S. Air Force in Omaha, NE on February 13, 1951 and was discharged on February 12, 1955 at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, attaining the rank of Staff Sgt. Ed married Celia Ann Kriegshauser on February 7, 1959 in...
Johnnie B. Halsey
Mar 9, 2009
Johnnie was born November 25, 1922 in Quail, Texas to Clarence and Bertha Blevins. She attended high school in Quail. She met Ray Halsey and they married in Amarillo on October 1, 1943. They lived in Amarillo most of their adult life. Johnnie supported her family working as the office manager for Lee Optical for over thirty years. She was...
Bill M. Golden
Mar 8, 2009
Bill was born October 23, 1947 in Wilkesboro, NC to Cleo and Lola Golden. His family moved to Texas, and Bill graduated with honors from Amarillo High School in 1966. He graduated from Texas Tech with honors with a degree in computer science. He married Judy Thompson in July of 1971 in Colorado Springs. He began his career with the...
Carolin Lee Yung
Mar 6, 2009
Carolin was born on October 20, 1954 in Swindon, England to Marvin Barnett and Rose Marie Barnett. She grew up in Memphis, Texas and obtained an Associate Degree in Accounting from Clarendon College. She married Robert Yung in Fort Worth, Texas, December 27, 1997. Carolin enjoyed home decorating and adding to her extensive collection of Christmas ornaments and Santa Claus...
Jackie Wayne Hicks
Mar 4, 2009
Jackie "Jack" W. Hicks age 71 of Amarillo, Texas, entered into rest on March 4, 2009, at Baptist Saint Anthony's Hospice. He fought his battle with a smile on his face and was surrounded by friends and family as he quietly crossed. Jack was born December 15, 1937 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to Orie E. and Gladys S. Hicks. He...
Tony Clements
Mar 3, 2009
Mr. Clements was born May 19, 1957, in Childress, to A.J. and Nita Mae Clements. He graduated from Tascosa High School and pursued a lifelong career in welding. Tony was a loving and caring person. He was preceded in death by his father, A.J. Clements, in 1972. Survivors include his mother, Nita Clements and Lloyd Younce of Phoenix; a brother,...
Dorothy Jean Cazzell
Mar 2, 2009
Dorothy was born April 20, 1927, in Celeste, Texas, to James R. and Amal Brasher. Dorothy graduated from Oklahoma College for Women and obtained her Master’s Degree from the University of Oklahoma. She taught school in Gracemont, OK, Norman, OK, Colorado City, TX and Hobbs, NM before moving to Amarillo in August of 1968. She married Richard L. Cazzell, an...
George Wyatt McSpadden
Feb 27, 2009
George Wyatt McSpadden, 86, a lifelong resident of Amarillo, passed away at the Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center on February 27, 2009. George was born January 25, 1923, to the late Richard Lee and Nina Bennet McSpadden. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1940 and, after World War II began, joined the Army Air Corps. He was stationed...
Ruth Denham
Feb 25, 2009
Ruth was born in Childress Co., TX to T.C. & Edna Gilbert. She was third born to a family of nine siblings. When she graduated high school from Westview in Harmon Co, OK she started her 36 year career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in Amarillo. When she retired in 1980 she remained active in the Telephone Pioneers, participating in their...
Winiford Brad Glenn
Feb 25, 2009
Windy was born Jan. 23, 1926, in Quail to Alexander Bradford and Gladys Ferguson Glenn. He married Betty Jo McAlister of Amarillo on June 7, 1947. They were married for 32 years, after which he was married to Billie Ruth Johnson of Lubbock until her death in 1995. He then remarried Betty Jo in 1996, and remained with her until...
Jesse Burl Hobbs
Feb 24, 2009
Mr. Hobbs as born in O’Brien, Texas to Burt and Joyce Hobbs on December 11, 1921. He graduated from Regan High School in Wichita Falls and then enlisted to serve in the United States Navy Submarine Service. He served in the Philippines and Hawaii during WWII. He married the love of his life, Joyce Goodman in Panhandle on July 3,...
Chuck Allen
Feb 24, 2009
Chuck was born November 11, 1930 in Bowie, Texas to Andrew and Martha Allen. He met Elizabeth Idell Gray and they married on June 18, 1949 in Clovis, New Mexico. He spent his career with Burlington Northern Railroad and was a hard worker. He and Idell are members of Trinity Fellowship Church. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his...
Richard Dean Riley, Sr.
Feb 23, 2009
Mr. Riley was born July 10, 1929 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to William D. and Mary Riley. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids and attended Amarillo College and OCU in Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Air Force from September 8, 1948 until August 6, 1952, attaining the rank of Staff Sgt. He married Jo-Anne Cermak on...
Melodie Gaye Owen
Feb 22, 2009
Private Family services will be held at a later date. Melodie was born February 14, 1952 in New Mexico. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and family. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. She is survived by two sons, Derik Owen and girlfriend Crystal of Amarillo and Deke Owen and wife Heather of...
Dr. Steven W. Jones
Feb 22, 2009
Steven was born Sept. 28, 1952 in Shreveport, La., to Hollis Ray and Bobbie Gill Jones. It was while attending the University of Mississippi that Steven met the love of his life, Tommye Lou Lambeth. They married on July 26, 1975 and were blessed with two daughters, Holly Rhea Jones in 1979 and Jennifer Ashley Jones in 1982. Steven, a...
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