Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Harold Ray Green
Mar 22, 2009
Harold was born July 22, 1932, to Randell and Edith Green in Sayre, OK. He married Wilma Janell Wilson in 1951. He was a long-time member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Harold served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. After serving in the Army, he and Wilma moved to Amarillo in 1957. ...
Jack Harris Barnett
Mar 21, 2009
Jack was born Aug. 30, 1930, in Groom. Jack graduated from Groom High School in 1949 and served two years in the U.S. Army before returning to Groom, where he farmed for many years and retired from the city of Groom. Jack married Willie Mae Britten on June 20, 1952. Jack and Willie had a wonderful life and a blessed...
Dicky D. Enns
Mar 21, 2009
Dicky was born March 5, 1935, in Guymon, Okla., to Dietrich A. Enns and Susie Ann East Enns. He married his beloved wife, LaVonne LeGrange, on April 25, 1959, in Liberal, Kan. Dicky worked for Southwestern Public Service Co. for 37½ years, retiring on April 1, 1997. He leaves behind so many close and dear friends he worked with through...
Joseph Manno
Mar 21, 2009
Mr. Manno was born Jan. 24, 1927, in Clifton, N.J., and graduated from Clifton High School. He then attended Syracuse University, graduating in 1949. After graduation, he taught English literature for several years. He then had a calling and entered St. Bonaventure Seminary for five years. After seminary, he went to work for St. Anthony's Guild in Patterson, N.J, where...
Norman T Allen
Mar 19, 2009
Norman was born March 4, 1921 in Los Animas, CO to Hershel and Alice Allen. He met Edna Hamel and they married June 16, 1955 in Santa Fe, NM. He was involved in the trucking and automotive industry since 1950. He owned Stockyard Shamrock Gas. He was a longtime member of Trinity Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by...
Judy Bess Clark Alexander
Mar 18, 2009
Judy was born October 22, 1941 in Amarillo to Clarence and Iris Clark. She was a lifelong resident of Amarillo. She graduated from Tascosa High School in 1960. She attended SW Texas State and Amarillo College. She was a medical transcriptionist for the Amarillo Diagnostic Clinic for many years. She loved all animals and was an avid PETA supporter. She...
William Curtis Henley
Mar 17, 2009
Bill was born May 6, 1929 in Drew, Mississippi to Arthur and Bessie Henley. He was one of twelve children. His family moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas where he enlisted in the US Marines. He met Marrian Moore and they married in Fallbrook, California in 1954. They were the proud parents of five children, four of them born in California and...
Leta Lackey
Mar 16, 2009
Leta was born October 8, 1925 in Kingman County, Kansas to Frank and Hattie Cain. She retired from the Texas State Center for Mental Health and Retardation after many years. She had been a medical transcriptionist. After retirement, she worked for Wal-Mart for over fourteen years, making many friends and passing smiles along every day. She is preceded in death...
Dee V. Casler
Mar 16, 2009
Dee was born February 2, 1925 in San Antonio to David and Dorothy Casler. He graduated from high school in San Antonio and attended West Texas Teacher’s College in Canyon. He met and married Lila Lee Brown on June 16, 1950 in Amarillo. Dee was employed by Raytheon Corporation for over twenty years and traveled extensively throughout the world. He...
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,...
