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Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Paul J. Parise
Jan 9, 2009
Mr. Parise was born January 2, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Rose Parise. He was in the Army and served as a Staff Sergeant in WWII and in Okinawa. He married Doris Oyston on June 25, 1939 in Chicago. They moved to Amarillo in 2001 from Chicago. Mr. Parise was active at St. Monticas in Chicago, and was...
Troy A. Walker
Jan 8, 2009
Rev. Walker went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, January 8, 2009. He was born December 17, 1924 in Rogers, NM to Paul and Cala Walker. He graduated from Dora High School in Dora, NM, from ENMU in Portales, NM and attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He joined the Army in 1944 and served in...
Emma Hunt
Jan 7, 2009
Mrs. Hunt was born to John and Margaret Mary Nebosis Buchholtz, 7 miles northwest of Bellwood, Butler County Nebraska on the south side of the Platte River along the Oregon Trail. She was the great granddaughter of Erastus “John” Lincoln, who was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Davis Lincoln who was related to Jefferson Davis. Mrs. Hunt died...
Dannie Mack Gillham
Jan 6, 2009
On January 6, 2009 Dannie Mack Gillham left this world to be with his Lord. Dan was born April 14th 1922 in Wayside Texas. Dan grew up in Canyon and graduated from West Texas State College with a double Bachelors degree in Art and Music. He served in the military during WWII and was stationed in England, France and Germany. ...
Dorotha Mae Bonnell
Jan 6, 2009
Mrs. Bonnell was born January 4, 1924, in Aline, OK to Harold E. and Anna Mae Wickens. She attended school in Lawton, Oklahoma and married Floyd E. Bonnell in Ft. Worth, Texas on October 20, 1945. Dottie and Floyd traveled to several countries and many states while Floyd was in the U.S. Army, retiring in Amarillo. Following Army retirement, they...
James Claude Smith
Jan 5, 2009
Born in Beaumont, TX, Jim was raised by his grandparents until age 9, then went to live with his father and stepmother James C. and Mary Smith. Jim graduated from Beaumont High School in1965, where he was a member of the football team until suffering a career-ending collar bone injury. Jim was an intelligent and ambitious youth; he set his...
Harold Joe Robinson
Jan 5, 2009
Mr. Robinson was born in Grady, Ok to Bert and Verna Robinson on December 5, 1929. He married the love of his life, Carolyn Mixon on April 5, 1952, soon there after he was drafted into the United States Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He attained the rank of Cpl and was awarded numerous medals. In 1955, Mr. Robinson...
Frances M. Cheeck
Jan 3, 2009
Mrs. Cheek was born on September 23, 1922 in Dalhart, Texas to Ambrose Jackson and Allie Lavenia Denman. She married the love of her life, Frank J. Cheek on June 25, 1941 in Channing. The couple moved to Amarillo from Channing in 1943. They celebrated 62 years of marriage until his death. In addition to being a devoted wife and...
Ellen Sue Miller
Dec 23, 2008
Ellen Sue Miller, suddenly and too young at 41, on Wednesday, December 23, 2008. Preceded in death by her mother, Phyllis Miller Hyde, and survived by her step-father, Scott Hyde, her father Abraham Miller (Estelle), her brothers Steven Miller and Michael Miller, and many colleagues, students and friends. Ellen was a writer of some success and considerable brilliance. A native...
Gerald Wayne Hudson
Dec 10, 2008
Mr. Hudson was a manager of National Machinery in Nuremberg, Germany, for 30 years. He retired in 1991. He lived in Rednitzhembach, Germany. He was married in 2002 to Janetta Bruce Lamb of Groom. They had been high school sweethearts in Dumas. They lived part-time in Germany and part-time in Texas, where each had families. Hudson was a member of...
Lee Roy McKay
Nov 15, 2008
Bud was born May 12, 1926, in Turkey to Lon and Cecil McKay. He married Jo Wodruff on Nov. 13, 1949, in Quitaque. To this union came one son, Russ McKay, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was blessed with a large family of 13 siblings. Bud worked at Pantex in Amarillo for many years and still has family and...
Anna Marie Lee
Nov 16, 1959
Anna Marie Lee, 59 of Amarillo, TX went home to the Lord on the twentieth of June, 2019. She came into this world a miracle on November 16, 1959 into the loving arms of Willie Faye and Robert Huseman. She grew up in Nazareth, TX surrounded by a huge family and countless playmates. She had a pet bull, not...
Loren L Griffith
Feb 21, 1918
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, September 28 at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Chaplain Jerry Bell will officiate. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 29 in the First Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Howard Batson will officiate. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. Loren L. Griffith, beloved father, was born...
Nathaniel Keith Stratton
Nathaniel Keith Stratton, age 48, passed away at Advent Hospice in Palm Coast, Florida, after losing his battle with cancer.
Graveside services will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 10am in the Llano Cemetery Pantheon Mausoleum Chapel, 2500 S. Hayes with Deacon Beck Knox presiding.
Nathaniel was born in Amarillo on February 2,...
Wanda Mazurek Mulherin
Wanda Mazurek Mulherin, 95, formerly of Amarillo, passed on March 23, 2023, in Florida.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 10 am at Llano Cemetery Pantheon Mausoleum Chapel, 2500 S. Hayes, with Deacon Beck Knox presiding.
Wanda was born on December 11, 1927, in rural Armstrong County to Samuel and...
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